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FCA takes further steps amid growth in Buy Now Pay Later

There has been a significant increase in the use of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL), according to...

MT Finance Group secures additional £500m funding

MT Finance Group has completed additional financing through J.P. Morgan to expand its lending...

Landbay cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 20bps

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has made over 80 changes to its product range, with rates...

Scottish rents continue to rise

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by...

Equity release market returns to growth

The Equity Release Council has reported that the equity release market has seen growth...

Cost of living crisis creating £32bn hole in savings pots

The latest Cost of Living research from Royal London has established that the cost...

Paymentshield sees GI conversion growth following new quote journey

Paymentshield says its Adviser Hub platform has seen a 10% average increase in quote...

Net fall in September mortgage approvals for house purchases

The Bank of England has reported that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals...

UTB cuts second charge rates by up to 1.14 percentage points 

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has reduced interest rates for its second...

Majority of landlords are increasing rents

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has found that a significant proportion of landlords are...

Molo joins Finova panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced its partnership with digital mortgage lender Molo,...

SimplyBiz bolsters mortgage compliance team

SimplyBiz has announced the appointment of Simon Lovell and Kris Armstrong to its compliance...

Later life sector deemed important by 84% of property professionals

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) saw 84% of property professionals...

Newcastle Intermediaries adds five-year BTL deals to range

Newcastle Intermediaries has unveiled a range of five-year, 80% LTV buy-to-let products. Following recent...

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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