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Mortgage overpayments on the rise as confidence in UK housing steadies

UK homeowners are increasingly choosing to overpay their mortgages in a bid to shorten...

House sales dragging a month longer than expected

The average house sale in the UK is taking more than a month longer...

Bridging market predicts increase in demand

Confidence among brokers in the future of short-term lending is at its highest level...

The Market Harborough appoints chief risk officer

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Wendy Fry as its new chief risk officer,...

Marsden adds new incentives to RIO mortgage offering

Marsden Building Society has announced a new round of enhancements to its Retirement Interest...

Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates again as New Build Boost gains momentum

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced a fresh round of rate reductions for...

HTB trims bridging rates by 10bps

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced a 10 basis point cut across its full...

MT Finance breaks 3% barrier with BTL rate cut

Specialist lender MT Finance has announced a reduction in rates across its buy-to-let range,...

Aspen completes £1.575m no-valuation bridge in nine days

Aspen Bridging has delivered a £1,575,000 no-valuation bridging loan in nine days to support...

Bridging finance proves more resilient than buy-to-let in high-rate environment

Bridging finance has shown greater resilience than buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages amid elevated interest rates,...

Paragon urges phased EPC reforms to avert rental sector disruption

Paragon Bank has called on the government to reconsider its proposed timetable for mandatory...

Monmouthshire Building Society adopts AI tech to accelerate mortgage approvals

Monmouthshire Building Society has announced a partnership with mortgage technology firm MQube in a...

Leeds BS cuts mortgage rates ahead of MPC decision

Leeds Building Society has announced rate reductions of up to 20 basis points across...

Countrywide Surveying Services launches data-driven engine for faster, smarter valuations

Countrywide Surveying Services has unveiled a new valuation decisioning platform aimed at transforming the...

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The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

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The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister,...

Why planning must be part of the asylum debate

At 2pm today the High Court is due to decide on an appeal against...

How planning can help solve the asylum housing crisis

The scale of the asylum housing crisis is stark. According to Reuters, more than...

Limited company landlords take bigger share of buy-to-let market

Landlords holding investment property through limited companies are playing an increasingly prominent role in...