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Black & White Bridging reaches 1,000 new home milestone

Black & White Bridging has calculated that it has supported the creation of 1,000...

Twenty7tec and Nationwide upgrade digital mortgage application process

Twenty7tec has announced a major upgrade to its Nationwide APPLY functionality. The update has been...

Barclays to cut five-year residential rates

Barclays is reducing rates across its five-year fixed rate residential purchase and remortgage range. The...

Significant rise in new second charge lending

Second charge mortgage new business volumes grew by 32% in October 2024, according to latest...

TML uses AVM for five-day BTL remortgage

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has completed a remortgage case through its Automated Valuation Model...

L&G’s Beardmore to retire with Hyett set to succeed her

Legal & General Retail has announces that Claire Beardmore will be leaving the role...

BrokerIQ to expand into wealth sector

BrokerIQ has announced the appointment of Robert Wood as non-executive advisory lead to oversee...

Enra Specialist Finance adopts Lendingmetrics’ ADP

Specialist lending group Enra is developing a new lending platform and has selected Lendingmetrics’ ADP...

Homeowners can boost retirement savings by leveraging pensions and property wealth

Homeowners could nearly double the amount of money they have on hand for retirement...

Gen H reaches profitability

Gen H has announced that it has achieved its first ever monthly profit in...

PRS sees growth in older tenants

Tenants on the run-up to retirement age are the fastest growing group privately renting...

Home insurance premium rises slow down

The cost of home insurance in the UK rose by 21% year-on-year between July...

Royal London unveils joint life second death life cover

Royal London has introduced a joint life second death life cover option, in order...

Halifax to use a property’s EPC rating in its affordability calculations

Halifax will be using a property’s Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating in its affordability...

COMMENT

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Equity Release Group backs FCA later life lending review

Equity Release Group has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s Later Life Mortgages Market Study,...

SortRefer joins Ingard Network as exclusive conveyancing partner

SortRefer has been appointed as the sole conveyancing provider for Ingard Network, giving its...

Four in 10 landlords plan to refinance within next year

Nearly four in 10 landlords are planning to refinance during the next 12 months,...

Santander customers overpay mortgages by £894m

Santander UK customers overpaid their mortgages by more than £894 million in the first...

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