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Lenders cut available loan size by almost 20%

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has revealed that some mortgage lenders have reduced the loan...

LendInvest makes buy-to-let rate reductions

LendInvest has launched a new buy-to-let range. New rates start from 5.54%, funded through its...

Time Finance reports 273% rise in profits

Time Finance has posted all-time high annual trading results, with its gross lending book...

Hope Capital raises over £6k for North West Cancer Research

Hope Capital has revealed that it has raised over £6,000 for North West Cancer...

Virgin Money unveils new exclusive products

Virgin Money has launched a series of new mortgage products. The new deals are as...

Leeds BS launches online tool for prospective first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society, in partnership with fintech company Life Moments, has launched an online...

Atom bank cuts small business rates

Atom bank has reduced rates on its RLS and standard secured loan range for...

Prospective homebuyers lack understanding of cost and fees

New research from The Mortgage Lender (TML) has found that 24% of UK homeowners...

Landbay introduces new two-year trackers

Landbay has bolstered its like-for-like remortgage range with the addition of three new two-year...

Quantum Mortgages launches specialised BTL range

Quantum Mortgages has launched QML Pro, a more specialist range designed to accommodate properties...

Alternative Bridging Corporation appoints new BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added its sales team for the North of England and...

Reasons for equity release declines revealed

More2life has published data which highlights the top reasons cases are declined to help...

Fleet Mortgages unveils new five-year fixes

Fleet Mortgages has launched new five-year fixed-rate mortgages, available across its three core product...

Sirius adds asset finance to proposition

Sirius Property Finance has launched an asset finance offering to add to its existing...

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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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