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Gen H further reduces mortgage rates

Gen H has made a second round of rate reductions four working days after...

MFS to pilot commercial & semi-commercial buy-to-let deals

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched a pilot for a new range of semi-commercial...

Atom bank raises £100m+ in new equity capital

Atom bank has raised over £100m in new equity capital from long-term shareholders BBVA,...

Suffolk BS introduces new eco self-build mortgage

Suffolk Building Society is encouraging the build and renovation of energy efficient homes with...

FTB mortgage lending set to reach £71bn by 2025

The value of the first-time buyer economy, comprised of lending and spending, is set...

National Conveyancing Week to take place in March 2024

The organisers of National Conveyancing Week (NCW) have confirmed plans for the 2024 event,...

Leek Building Society partners with Uinsure

Leek Building Society has announced its new partnership with Uinsure, designed to improve members’...

Pepper Money improves affordability with criteria changes

Pepper Money has made a series of improvements to its lending criteria to help...

Retirement being reconsidered as people grapple with cost-of-living crisis

49% of people approaching retirement are rethinking their plans as the high cost of living...

Smartr365 unveils improved protection offering

Mortgage platform Smartr365 has announced a range of features and changes designed to improve...

Significant minority of brokers have had more protection conversations

40% of mortgage advisers have reported that their firm has seen an increase in...

Keystone Property Finance cuts two-year fixed rates

Keystone Property Finance is now offering sub-5% products once more after reducing both its...

MFS joins PMS lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined PMS Mortgage Club's lending panel. This means PMS Mortgage...

Tembo’s platform combines multiple income sources to calculate affordability

Digital mortgage broker, Tembo, has launched its new buy-to-let mortgage journey. Its online tool aggregates...

COMMENT

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

The industry needs to support Shared Ownership

This week, I want to put the spotlight on Shared Ownership. It deserves to be treated as a genuinely viable route onto the ladder,...

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...

Latest news

Family BS reduces fixed mortgage pricing for landlords and homeowners

Family Building Society has cut rates across its two-year fixed mortgage range by up...

Sprive records ninefold rise in shoppers as mortgage cashback spending reaches £185m

Mortgage cashback app Sprive has reported a sharp increase in customer activity, with shoppers...

Mortgage deals last just 15 days as volatility hits record high

Mortgage products are lasting just 15 days on average this year as lenders repeatedly...

BetterHome Group UK appoints former MAB finance director as CFO

BetterHome Group UK has appointed Martin Tullett as chief financial officer, bringing in a...

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