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LMS: instructions up 50% ahead of anticipated rate rise

LMS' latest Monthly Remortgage Snapshot, which shows remortgage market activity through September 2021, sound that the average...

Conveyancing Association outlines Annual Conference & Dinner details 

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced details of its 2021 Annual Conference & Dinner taking...

Shawbrook Bank cuts commercial heavy refurb rates

Shawbrook Bank has made a reduction in rates across its Commercial Heavy Refurbishment product...

Fleet Mortgages returns to 80% LTV buy-to-let

Fleet Mortgages has returned to offering 80% LTV buy-to-let products across two of its...

Price of average UK home up £30k since start of pandemic

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth remained elevated in...

Changing patterns in equity release usage

Customers are continuing to use equity release to clear existing mortgages while many have...

Mojo Mortgages moves head office to centre of Manchester

Mojo Mortgages is relocating its head office to Manchester city centre. The online mortgage broker,...

New self and custom-build mortgages from BuildLoan and Bath BS

BuildLoan has produced a new range of self and custom build mortgage products in...

Is insurance covering working from home?

Ceta Insurance is calling on brokers to check in with their clients to make sure...

Keystone boosts levels of cashback

Keystone Property Finance is offering up to twice as much cashback as part of...

Later life lending misconception ‘battle’ still being fought

Air Mortgage Club has revealed further results from its ‘Later Life Lending Census’ of...

Two-thirds of self-employed cohort think it’s harder now to get a mortgage

Nearly two-thirds of self-employed individuals think it is more difficult for them to secure...

The Mortgage Lender reduces buy-to-let mortgage rates

The Mortgage Lender has made rate reductions in key areas of its buy-to-let product...

Only 6% of brokers have ‘sold’ a green mortgage

A recent poll found that 94% of brokers are yet to ‘sell’ a green...

COMMENT

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

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Retirement drives more than half of financial advice enquiries

Retirement concerns account for more than half of financial advice enquiries received by Inzuzo,...

Friends and family offer route on to property ladder for single buyers

More than half of prospective buyers would consider purchasing a home with a friend...

Newcastle expands broker mortgage range with higher-LTV deals

Newcastle for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage range with the return of higher loan-to-value...

Mortgage arrears and possessions fall in second quarter

The number of UK mortgages in arrears declined in the second quarter of 2026,...

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