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Mortgage searches down month-on-month

Twenty7tec has published its mortgage market statistics for March 2024. Purchase mortgage searches were down...

UK bridging lender launches in the US market

Bridging lender, KSEYE, has announced its move into the US market with the launch...

One-quarter of landlords taking energy efficiency seriously

25% of landlords are prioritising energy efficiency when it comes to adding a property...

LendInvest Mortgages cuts rates and helps first-time landlords

LendInvest Mortgages has unveiled a limited edition Easter incentive for its buy-to-let landlord customers...

London Credit ups maximum LTV

London Credit has increased its maximum loan to value (LTV) to 75%. The bridging lender...

Nationwide ad banned after Santander complaint

A television, radio and a press ad for Nationwide Building Society has been banned...

Rising demand for hybrid later life products

Air, the later-life lending platform, has launched its first Comprehensive Conversations Report, looking at...

Foundation Home Loans expands Key Partners panel

Foundation Home Loans has added network, Fiducia Commercial Network, to its Key Partners distribution...

Harpenden BS updates lending policy and adds 6-month offers

Harpenden BS has unveiled a number of criteria and packaging improvements to its specialist...

LISAs are ‘game-changers’ for first-time buyers

Savings and mortgage platform Tembo has looked at the data around first-time buyers who...

iPipeline reports record week for income protection applications

iPipeline experienced its highest week for new income protection applications in a decade for...

MFS extends bridging valuation fee refund offer

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is to extend its offer of providing a full refund...

Market Harborough cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has unveiled a reduction in its residential and let...

The Mortgage Lender joins Openwork’s lender panel

Openwork, one the UK’s largest financial services networks, has announced the addition of The...

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...

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‘The Godfather’ joins Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

John ‘The Godfather’ Malone has been recruited as a judge for Mortgage’s Got Talent,...

Royal London introduces AI menopause support tool for staff

Royal London has launched an AI-powered tool designed to help employees and managers access...

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...

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