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Sirius Property Finance to hold Women into Finance event

Following its Young Learners Programme and last year’s inaugural Women into Finance event, the...

Quantum Mortgages appoints field sales BDM

Gary Dean has become the first field sales business development manager (BDM) at Quantum...

Allica Bank unveils commercial mortgage team promotions

Allica Bank has revamped its broker commercial mortgage team with the promotion of three...

FCA facilitates mortgage lenders to provide breathing space

The Financial Conduct Authority has made changes to its rulebook to support key commitments...

Saffron BS unveils product reprice and relaunch

Saffron Building Society has announced a repriced and relaunched product offering. The Society has repriced...

Optimus partners with Better.co.uk

Optimus has announced a partnership with digital homeownership platform Better.co.uk as part of its...

Virgin Money ups fixed rates once again

Virgin Money has announced further mortgage rate rises. Selected fixed rates across residential and buy-to-let...

Hodge sponsors retiree to row 2,800 miles across the Pacific

Specialist lender Hodge is backing a retired solicitor from Wales who is raising money...

Almost half of brokers struggle to access finance for SME clients

New research from Atom bank conducted amongst the commercial broker community has studied SMEs'...

Higher wages later in life may not counter benefits of early saving

Standard Life analysis has show that early pension saving widens your options when it...

Legal & General Home Finance reduces minimum drawdown

Legal & Home Finance has reduced its minimum drawdown amount to £1,000. The decision is...

May rise in net mortgage approvals for house purchases

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage approvals for house purchases increased...

Only 40% of SMEs have begun sustainability transition

Two million (40%) of UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) say they have begun...

Mortgage Brain signs up to Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

Mortgage Brain has become the latest signatory of the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter...
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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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Defaqto has broadened its Matrix 360 market intelligence platform to cover wealth management and...
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Mortgage’s Got Talent has added two more industry names to its judging panel, with...

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