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The Mortgage Lender reduces its buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced further rate reductions across its buy-to-let products and...

Confidence up despite higher rent and mortgage costs in July

Rising mortgage costs were offset by falling energy bills in July, while the Bank...

Step One Finance streamlines second charge application process

Step One Finance has announced improvements designed to streamline the second charge application process...

LMS in collaboration to launch major pilot

LMS has partnered with Connells Group, Moverly, Peter Alan, and TM Group to launch...

Marsden BS launches new holiday let range

Marsden Building Society has unveiled three new fee-free furnished holiday let (FHL) mortgages, with...

Rental yields reach 10-year high

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report has revealed that rental yields reported by landlords have...

HSBC Life (UK) appoints head of protection distribution

HSBC Life (UK) has appointed Richard Waters as head of protection distribution. Waters (pictured) was...

Bluestone makes wholesale rate reductions

Bluestone Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its whole product range. Cuts have been made...

Shawbrook provides £10.8m development exit funding in 12 days

Shawbrook has completed a £10.8 million development exit loan for a luxury flat development...

Buckinghamshire BS increases maximum loan on self-build

Buckinghamshire Building Society has lowered rates on its self-build range by up to 0.25%...

InterBay cuts semi-commercial and commercial rates

InterBay has made changes across its semi-commercial and commercial product ranges; including new limited...

Halifax reports 0.8% monthly rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that UK house prices rose in July, following three relatively flat...

Quantum Mortgages completes inaugural securitisation

Quantum Mortgages has completed its first public securitisation, two years after launching. The transaction,...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries appoints national account manager

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has appointed David Jackson as national account manager. Jackson (pictured)...

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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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AI could prove critical as later life lending demand grows, Air warns

Later life lending specialists may struggle to capitalise on growing demand for advice unless...

Home improvement finance surges 112% as households invest in existing properties

Finance for home improvements more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026, according...

Younger equity release borrowers more likely to make interest payments

Borrowers under the age of 70 account for nearly two-thirds of more2life's lifetime mortgage...

Chetwood Bank names new board risk committee chair

Chetwood Bank has appointed Melanie Czarra as a non-executive director and chair of its...

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