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Guardian joins Quilter protection panel

Guardian has announced that it has joined the Quilter Select protection panel. This further expands...

Seven-year high for solar panel installations

Coventry Building Society has revealed that the rate of new solar panel installations on...

OSB Group makes new ESG appointment

OSB Group has appointed Jonathan Couch as head of communities impact and ESG communications...

Fleet Mortgages reduces all five-year rates

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates on all five-year fixes across its three core ranges:...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts buy-to-let rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates across its buy-to-let range by up to 0.46 percentage...

Legal & General Surveying Services partners with Metro Bank

Metro Bank customers should see a smoother house buying process following a new partnership...

Clydesdale Bank to cut rates and launch new purchase deals

Clydesdale Bank is reducing selected rates and launching new customer products. The new products will...

Market Harborough BS appoints new chief engagement officer

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has appointed Lesley Vernon to the newly created executive...

MPowered Mortgages’ rates now start from 5.09%

MPowered Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its fixed rate products. The lender’s prime...

Sesame Network adds Tandem Bank to panel

Sesame Network has announced Tandem Bank as its latest lender partner. The...

Access FS acquires digital agency

Mortgage and protection brokerage, Access Financial Services, is launching an in-house digital marketing and...

Paragon launches its lowest BTL fixed rate in over a year

Paragon Bank has launched a 4.69% five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgage, its lowest rate for...

Pepper Money unveils new lower rates

Pepper Money has cut rates across its complete range, cutting the price of more...

Advise Wise joins Folding@home initiative

Advise Wise has announced its partnership with Folding@home, a distributed computing project aimed at...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let and the next generation of landlords

There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...

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...

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Expat buy-to-let rates rise sharply for lower-LTV borrowers

British expatriate landlords with larger deposits are facing higher mortgage rates than borrowers with...

Commonhold reform faces practical challenges over finance and building management

The introduction of commonhold as an alternative to leasehold will require significant preparation across...

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...

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