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Clydesdale unveils repriced mortgages

Clydesdale Bank has announced the launch of new mortgage products. The details are as follows: Exclusives: ...

Brokers report increased satisfaction with lender service

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has revealed the results of its...

Two-year fixes becoming more popular with landlords

Landbay has revealed that fixed rates are still the most popular option for buy-to-let...

Danny Belton to join MAB as head of lending

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has revealed that Brian Murphy, its head of lending, is...

MPowered Mortgages launches ChatGPT-powered chatbot to brokers

MPowered Mortgages has launched a beta version of its ChatGPT-powered chatbot, named CriteriaGPT, to...

The Right DA Club launches protection helpdesk

The Right DA Club has announced the launch of a new protection helpdesk to...

Further slowdown in house price growth

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that average UK...

Suros Capital ups LTV limits

Suros Capital, the short term luxury asset lender, has increased its maximum LTVs for...

Nottingham BS improves contractor mortgage criteria

Nottingham Building Society has announced the first of a series of changes to its...

Experian Open Banking solution launches on Smartr365 for Nationwide applications

Following a pilot, Nationwide Building Society has approved the market roll out of Experian’s...

MorganAsh and Investor in Customers partner for Consumer Duty

MorganAsh and Investor in Customers have joined forces to provide firms with reports to...

TMA Club adds HSBC Life to lender and protection panel

TMA Club has announced a new partnership with HSBC Life adding its range of...

Toomey Leasing Group releases new mobile app with Nivo

Nivo has worked with Toomey Leasing Group to improve its ID collection and verification...

E.surv launches data-driven remote valuations for new builds

Residential property valuation provider, e.surv, is now using the accumulated data and insight of...

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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Halifax extends Club Lloyds mortgage discounts to broker customers

Halifax Intermediaries is introducing discounted mortgage products for eligible Club Lloyds customers, giving brokers...

ModaMortgages adds eight buy-to-let products at 80% LTV

ModaMortgages has introduced eight additional buy-to-let products at 80% loan-to-value (LTV), extending its options...

House price growth slows for fourth consecutive month

Average UK house prices increased by just 0.9% in the year to August as...

Accord reduces buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 69bps

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 69 basis points...

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