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AR market consolidates as revenues rise despite fewer principal firms

The UK's appointed representative market is becoming more concentrated, with fewer principal firms overseeing...

Hodge broadens property lending criteria across residential ranges

Hodge Bank has expanded its property lending criteria, widening access to mortgage finance for...

GCC searches for UK homes rise 16%

Searches for UK residential property from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) investors increased by 16%...

Mortgage market still failing to understand freelancers

The mortgage market has yet to fully adapt to the growth of freelance and...

Hidden costs top Gen Z homebuying fears as millennials focus on repair bills

First-time buyers’ concerns are shifting significantly by age, with younger buyers focused on upfront...

Shepherds Friendly appoints Laura Gauden as head of sales

Shepherds Friendly has appointed Laura Gauden as head of sales as the mutual seeks...

Barclays cuts mortgage rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Barclays is reducing rates across a broad range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage products...

ModaMortgages removes fees on limited-edition buy-to-let products

ModaMortgages has removed application fees from its limited-edition buy-to-let mortgage products, weeks after reducing...

West Brom cuts rates on high LTV mortgages for homebuyers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across a number of higher loan-to-value mortgage...

Gen H targets larger borrowers with new limited-edition mortgage rate

Gen H has launched a limited-edition mortgage product for borrowers seeking loans above £400,000,...

Paragon adds tracker switch and further advance options for landlords

Paragon Bank has expanded its Bank Base Rate tracker buy-to-let mortgage range by introducing...

Market Harborough cuts fixed mortgage rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.23% across...

Half of Britons say Brexit has harmed the housing market

Ten years after the UK voted to leave the European Union, half of Britons...

Mortgage Brain opens registration for Mortgage Vision 2026 roadshow

Mortgage Brain has opened registration for its Mortgage Vision 2026 roadshow, which will visit...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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