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Quarterly property transaction completions down 42% compared to 2019 high

Landmark’s Residential Property Trends report for the third quarter of 2024 has revealed that...

Leeds BS appoints national intermediary development manager

Andy Alvarez has joined Leeds Building Society as national intermediary development manager. He is tasked...

60% of UK landlords remain optimistic about future portfolio performance

Buy-to-let landlords are optimistic for the future as they look to maintain or expand...

New identity for Towergate Health & Protection

Towergate Health & Protection has become Towergate Employee Benefits. This follows the recent acquisition...

Standard Life Home Finance introduces weekly later life lending broker clinics

Standard Life Home Finance has announced the launch of a new series of online...

Buckinghamshire BS reprices FTB, BTL and holiday let mortgages

Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced a widespread product repricing, with rate reductions of up...

MT Finance Group secures £275m forward flow agreement

MT Finance Group has completed a £275 million multi-year funding deal with funds affiliated...

Main sources of stress and anxiety for SME owners revealed

99% of small to medium-sized business owners have elements of their business that affect...

Borrowers seeking security from five-year fixes

A survey from the Family Building Society has found that intermediaries have seen a...

Tuscan Capital revamps offering

Tuscan Capital has expanded its product and service proposition. This follows the lender's...

Mortgage Metrics partners with Sesame Bankhall Group

Mortgage Metrics has announced a new partnership with Sesame Bankhall Group. PMS Mortgage Club members...

Lloyds Banking Group signs mental health charter

Lloyds Banking Group, through its Halifax Intermediaries, Birmingham Midshires and Scottish Widows Bank brands,...

Paragon Bank makes senior sales promotions

Paragon Bank has promoted four key members of its mortgages sales team to newly-created...

Berkeley Alexander expands household panel

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has announced that Integra Insurance Solutions and Ark have...

COMMENT

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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Foundation cuts buy-to-let rates and relaxes holiday-let occupancy rules

Foundation has reduced rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to 0.10 percentage points...

FintechOS: Firms have two years to embrace AI or get left behind

Financial services firms have no more than two years to embed artificial intelligence into...

Financial services must move beyond AI experimentation to deliver real returns

Financial services firms risk wasting substantial investment in artificial intelligence unless they fundamentally rethink...

RAW Capital Partners sets new lending record as product range expands

RAW Capital Partners has reported record annual lending volumes for 2026, surpassing its total...

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