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Mortgage payment shock looms for half a million households as fixed terms expire

Almost half a million UK homeowners face a significant financial shock this year as...

FCS compliance: Free webinar on turning AML compliance into a business asset

FCS Compliance has announced a new addition to its popular series of anti-money laundering...

Ex-TML CEO Peter Beaumont appointed chief executive of Ampla Finance

Peter Beaumont (main picture), the former CEO of The Mortgage Lender (TML) and executive...

Mortgage industry unites to raise over £15,000 in MIMHC Walk and Talk 2025

This year’s Walk and Talk, organised by the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC),...

Ex-COO of Equity Release Council joins Equity Release Group

Donna Francis (main picture) has joined the Equity Release Group (ERG) as non-executive director. The...

First-time buyers dominated UK mortgage market in 2024

Nearly seven in ten mortgage customers in 2024 were first-time buyers, according to new...

Swiss Re reports bumper 18% rise in Income Protection sales

Sales of new Income Protection policies grew by a bumper 18% in 2024, Swiss...

PriceHubble joins Equity Release Council to support data-driven innovation in later life lending

Global property data and analytics provider PriceHubble has joined the Equity Release Council as...

Precise cuts rates and boosts appeal for first-time buyers

Specialist lender Precise, part of the OSB Group, has announced a comprehensive refresh of...

Unexpected costs delay transactions for two-thirds of UK homebuyers

Unexpected costs are proving a significant obstacle for UK homebuyers, with new research from...

Government targets SME builders in planning reform to accelerate homebuilding

Smaller housebuilders are poised to benefit from sweeping reforms announced by the government aimed...

Scottish Widows backs new website to tackle gender gap in finance

Scottish Widows has joined forces with Her Wealth Network to launch a new website...

Arc & Co. arranges £12m funding for pub portfolio

Specialist capital advisory firm Arc & Co. has completed a £12m funding deal for...

Skipton facility helps Yorks Sweeper Hire clean up growth opportunity

Yorks Sweeper Hire has secured a £500,000 invoice factoring facility from Skipton Business Finance,...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...