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Four in 10 renters would buy the property if possible

42% of those renting a home would like to buy it from their landlord...

Aspen completes five drawdowns in one day

Aspen Bridging has completed five drawdowns on five different products in a single day,...

Swansea Building Society appoints new NED

Swansea Building Society has appointed Malcolm Hayes as a new non-executive director. Hayes (pictured) has...

Newcastle BS expands First Homes range

Newcastle Building Society is expanding the availability of its popular First Homes product range...

Barclays unveils new green buy-to-let mortgage

Barclays Mortgages has launched the Barclays Green Home Buy-to-Let Mortgage, available to existing and...

Gatehouse Bank ups max finance amount on Home Purchase Plan products

Gatehouse Bank has increased the maximum finance amount on its Home Purchase Plans (HPPs)...

Target Group assigns £10m to customer experience transformation

Target Group has announced a commitment to ‘transforming customer experiences.’ At the unveiling of its...

Conveyancing Association issues cladding guidance

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new ‘Guidance on Cladding’ document to help...

Hope Capital adds duo to sales team

Danielle Evans and David Weir have joined the sales team at Hope Capital. Evans has...

Saxon Trust appoints financial controller

Marc Osterley has been appointed as financial controller at Saxon Trust. A Chartered Management Accountant,...

NatWest increases maximum procuration fee

NatWest is increasing its maximum procuration fee payable, following market feedback from brokers. The bank...

UTB grows team as it targets sector expansion

United Trust Bank (UTB) is targeting an improvement on its record 2021 asset finance...

Record December for asset-based lender

Asset-based lender, Independent Growth Finance (IGF), has reported £140m of new lending in the...

London continues to see lowest annual house price growth

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK average house prices increased by...

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Mental health and the evolving role of mortgage advisers

Money worries rarely stay just about money. They affect sleep, confidence, relationships, and mental wellbeing - and for many people across the UK, mortgage...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 16

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Why complex-income borrowers need more adviser support

The UK mortgage market has become more complex for borrowers, lenders and advisers alike. Higher rates, tighter affordability pressures and more varied working patterns...

Economic abuse: The warning signs every adviser should recognise

Taking out a joint mortgage is one of the most common ways for people to get onto the property ladder. For many, combining earning...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 15

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

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Scottish house prices outperform UK market

Scottish house prices continued to outperform the wider UK market in March despite signs...

Property wealth set to play bigger role as pension savings fall short

The growing reliance on defined contribution pensions is likely to increase the role of...

LDN Finance adopts Twenty7tec tool to monitor mortgage product changes

LDN Finance has integrated Twenty7tec’s ADAPT product monitoring system into its advice process, as...

The Darlington cuts foreign currency mortgage rates

Darlington Building Society has reduced rates across its residential foreign currency mortgage range by...

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