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One in five adults save nothing each month as financial pressures mount

One in five UK adults are no longer putting any money aside each month,...

Snowdon challenge helps Yorkshire Building Society raise more than £1m for charity partner

Yorkshire Building Society and Accord colleagues have raised more than £1 million for charity...

More than a quarter of homeowners have missed mortgage payments due to illness or injury

More than one in four UK homeowners have missed a mortgage payment because of...

Conveyancers urged to consider specialist SDLT support as tax complexity grows

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed new HMRC guidance on Stamp Duty Land Tax registration...

Fleet Mortgages lowers buy-to-let rates by up to 20bps

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates across a range of its two-year and five-year fixed-rate...

Monument Technology secures more than £18m to support platform growth

Monument Technology has raised more than £18 million in a seed funding round as...

Mortgage brokers remain central to borrower confidence despite market uncertainty

Mortgage brokers continue to play a pivotal role in helping borrowers navigate the housing...

Primis adds Uinsure sole-tie option to simplify general insurance process

Primis Mortgage Network has introduced a sole-tie option with Uinsure, giving adviser firms an...

HSBC to continue broker fraud prevention webinars in Q3

HSBC UK is extending its programme of fraud prevention webinars for mortgage intermediaries after...

Beverley BS reports rising demand for RIO mortgages

Beverley Building Society has reported a significant increase in demand for its Retirement Interest...

MorganAsh urges firms to improve Consumer Duty reporting ahead of FCA deadline

MorganAsh has warned financial services firms they need to strengthen how they evidence outcomes...

Twenty7tec deepens FinCalc integration within ADVICE platform

Twenty7tec has expanded the integration between its ADVICE platform and FinCalc, allowing advisers to...

Cambridge BS backs homelessness charity with £10,000 grant

The Cambridge Building Society has strengthened its partnership with homelessness charity Jimmy’s Cambridge by...

Hodge widens foreign national mortgage criteria with 95% LTV lending

Hodge Bank has expanded its foreign national mortgage criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value limits and...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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