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MPowered Mortgages lowers 5-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has reduced rates across its suite of five-year fixed products, and announced...

Guardian appointed as L&C preferred provider

Guardian has secured a place as one of L&C’s Preferred Critical Illness Providers. L&C's...

My Legal Club adds Holden Smith Law to Express Remortgage service

My Legal Club has extended its Express Remortgage service for mortgage brokers with the...

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services adds StrideUp to panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with home finance provider, StrideUp, extending the...

Zephyr Homeloans publishes tenancy tips and guidance for landlords

Zephyr Homeloans has published a set of guidelines and tips for advisers to help...

Almost all SMEs set to borrow in 2023

Demand from SMEs for lending is set to increase in the next 12 months,...

Rental demand could create more rogue landlords

Poll data by GetGround has found that, propelled by a nationwide deficit of available...

Smartr365 “covers more than half of UK mortgage market by volume”

Smartr365 has announced that, through its lender partnerships, it now covers more than half...

UK Finance expects 15% fall in mortgage lending in 2023

UK Finance has published its mortgage market forecast for 2023–2024, anticipating a softening in...

Aspen saves developer following BTL offer withdrawal

An experienced developer left facing substantial fines following the late withdrawal of a buy-to-let...

Spending on Christmas gifts hit by cost-of-living crisis

81% of people are cutting the amount they spend on gifts this Christmas according...

Skipton unveils three new green mortgage products

Skipton Building Society is introducing three new additional green borrowing mortgages to its range. This...

FCA fines Metro Bank £10m for incorrect investor information

The FCA has fined Metro Bank PLC £10,002,300 for breaching the Listing Rules by...

Tandem Bank unveils remortgage product range

Tandem Bank has launched a remortgage portfolio of products, exclusively through the intermediary sector. The...

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Economic abuse: The warning signs every adviser should recognise

Taking out a joint mortgage is one of the most common ways for people to get onto the property ladder. For many, combining earning...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 15

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Why partnerships are key for unlocking advice niches

What’s your USP? It’s a vital question for all businesses to consider, but particularly advice firms. So, what exactly draws a potential client to...

Is landlord liquidity at risk of becoming too overlooked?

Among the many heated debates swirling around the buy-to-let market at present - and there are many - one that gets relatively little attention...

Making children’s cover part of the mortgage conversation

Seeing a child unwell can often change how we feel, especially if you are a parent. Even when it’s a common childhood illness, such...

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The Exeter team prepares for London to Paris charity cycle

Seven members of The Exeter’s distribution team will take on a 340-mile cycle from...

HSBC UK automates remortgage cases through LMS platform

HSBC UK has become the first lender to automate remortgage cases through LMS’s Decisioning...

Large mortgage networks lose AR firms as brokers reassess support

Some of the UK’s largest mortgage networks recorded the biggest net losses in appointed...

Afin Bank appoints Beth Jeffs to lead product strategy

Afin Bank has appointed Beth Jeffs as head of product and proposition, with responsibility...

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