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Landbay launches new fixed rate limited edition range 

Landbay has unveiled a new limited edition range of 18 standard five-year fixed rate...

Stephen Swyny joins Just Mortgages

National brokerage Just Mortgages has announced the appointment of Stephen Swyny to the role...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new mortgage exclusives

Clydesdale Bank has announced the launch of new mortgage products. The deals are being launched...

LiveMore Property+ offers options for borrowers with spray foam insulation

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has partnered with later life mortgage provider, LiveMore, to provide...

Paragon funds £7.4m Bristol dev finance deal

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £7.4m finance package to support the...

IMLA and AMI produce guide to improve understanding of funding

Trade bodies IMLA and AMI have partnered to produce an online guide to understanding...

Cirencester Friendly joins TMA Club’s protection panel

TMA Club has launched a new partnership with Cirencester Friendly, adding its range of...

Saffron for Intermediaries launches campaign for self-employed

Saffron for Intermediaries has launched a campaign to help and support its broker partners...

Family Building Society appoints joint underwriting directors

Blaine Faragher and Phillip Townsend have been promoted to joint directors of underwriting at...

Leeds BS selects Apprivo² core banking originations platform

Finova, the cloud-based mortgage and savings software provider, has announced that its Apprivo² core...

LiveMore publishes Consumer Duty white paper

LiveMore has published a white paper entitled: “Consumer Duty: why later life lending is...

Leeds BS launches Limited Company buy-to-let range

Leeds Building Society has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages for landlords operating...

First CPSP candidates complete training programme

The Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance (CPSP) programme, launched as a joint initiative...

Inflation hitting over-60s’ finances

40% of over-60s have poor or very poor financial resilience, according to the latest...

COMMENT

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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