News

Leek Building Society announces new chief executive

Andrew Healy has chosen to step down from his position of chief executive of...

Paragon Bank launches refurb-to-let offering

Paragon Bank has launched a new refurb-to-let proposition for landlords seeking funds to upgrade...

Gatehouse Bank brings back top slicing for UK residents

Gatehouse Bank has reintroduced top slicing for UK residents purchasing a buy-to-let property. Top slicing,...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils 65% LTV residential remortgage

LendInvest Mortgages has announced the expansion of its residential mortgage range with the launch...

Major causes of gazumping revealed

Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in getting a...

Rise in broker satisfaction with lenders across all sectors

Smart Money People has published its H1 2024 Mortgage Lender Benchmark covering mortgage broker...

Mental health a rising issue for over-55s

The cost of living crisis has had a significant effect on the mental health...

Slight easing in pressure on household finances

Data analysed from millions of Barclays current accounts has revealed that spending on rent...

Atom bank completes commercial deal in 37 days

Atom bank recently completed a commercial mortgage within 37 working days. MHC Property Limited, an...

Over one in 10 homeowners have no contents insurance

11% of homeowners do not have a contents insurance policy, despite almost all homeowners...

Keystone Property Finance hires new Midlands BDM

Keystone Property Finance has hired Sabiha Moghal as its new business development manager (BDM)...

OMS unveils API integration with new second charge lender

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced a full application programming interface (API) integration with...

Gateway Surveyors reappointed as Marsden BS panel manager

Gateway Surveyors has announced that Marsden Building Society has reappointed it as its panel...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates across whole range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across a...

COMMENT

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

Expat buy-to-let: a smaller world, a bigger picture

There has been no shortage of gloomy commentary about buy-to-let of late, so you might wonder why anyone living overseas would want to invest...

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...

Latest news

Your First Home delays could stall first-time buyer market

Delays in launching the government's Your First Home scheme could cause first-time buyers to...

Foundation recruits former Metro Bank BDM to cover eastern region

Foundation has appointed Foz Ahmad as regional account manager for the East, bringing 12...

TMG Mortgage Network strengthens finance team with senior appointment

TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Donna Bibby as head of finance, with responsibility for...

Homeowners turn to mortgage brokers for guidance ahead of Budget

Mortgage brokers could face increased demand for advice following the Autumn Budget, with 93%...

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