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Hanley Economic BS introduces five-year deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has revised its residential and buy-to-let propositions through the introduction...

CapitalRise reports 80% YOY origination boost

CapitalRise has announced that four loans that were completed in May, totalling £18m. This...

Majority of landlords don’t plan to sell any BTL properties

64% of buy-to-let landlords are not planning to sell any of their properties in...

Rise in interest-only mortgage searches

Data from Legal & General’s Ignite platform has shown that there has been an...

Pepper Money launches mortgages for First Homes scheme

Pepper Money has expanded its affordable home ownership proposition with the launch of its...

SimplyBiz reveals return of the Advice Show

The Advice Show, which brings together industry figures to provide advisers with insight on...

Three new hires at Somo Bridging

Specialist lender, Somo Bridging, has expanded its team with the appointment of a new...

Reward Finance Group launches wellness team

SME funding provider, Reward Finance Group, has launched a dedicated Wellness Team to provide...

HTB to hold development finance broker masterclass

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is to hold a development finance event for brokers on...

Colenko extends ‘triple lock’ rate guarantee

Bridging and development finance lender, Colenko, has extended its Triple Lock guarantee across all...

RICS reports eight-month low in buyer demand

The June 2023 RICS UK Residential Survey has reported a renewed deterioration in sales...

Air Academy appoints head of academy learning

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has appointed Dan Holden into the...

Acre reports 400% rise in broker adoption and mortgage volumes

Acre has reported a significant increase in mortgage volume on the platform in the...

Atelier partners with HubSpot over customer experience

Development lender Atelier has teamed up with the global software provider HubSpot to create...

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The two-year fix isn’t advice. It’s a diary entry

5.98%. That was the average two-year fix on 5 October, according to Moneyfacts, the highest since mid-December 2023. The average five-year fix: 6.00%. On those...

Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a house deposit, with a 25% government bonus on eligible savings...

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...

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Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a...

Employers struggle to engage staff with financial wellbeing support

Only 12% of employees have used financial wellbeing support provided by their employer, despite...

Defaqto extends Matrix 360 to protection and wealth providers

Defaqto has broadened its Matrix 360 market intelligence platform to cover wealth management and...

Marshall and Cooke join Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

Mortgage’s Got Talent has added two more industry names to its judging panel, with...

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