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Aldermore calls for stamp duty holiday and revival of Help to Build

Aldermore has called for an 18-month Stamp Duty holiday for buyers of new homes...

Word On The Street secures £5.6m GB Bank buy-to-let refinance

Word On The Street has arranged a £5.6m buy-to-let refinance with GB Bank for...

Right Mortgage Network launches Business Leaders Risk Forum

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced its first Business Leaders Risk Forum,...

Allica boosts SME mortgage appetite and launches cashback offer

Allica Bank has refreshed its owner-occupier mortgage appetite as it looks to help established...

UTB and Brightstar deliver £200k second-charge refurb loan to keep home extension on track

United Trust Bank (UTB) and Brightstar Financial have completed a £200,000 regulated second-charge light...

Assetz Capital cuts rates as developers pivot to conversions amid deepening planning delays

Assetz Capital has reduced pricing across its refurbishment, regeneration and development-exit loans with borrower...

Accord Mortgage cuts buy-to-let rates

Accord Mortgages is reducing rates on its buy-to range this week by up to...

Older renters face rising retirement costs, warns Suffolk Building Society

Suffolk Building Society has highlighted the mounting financial pressure on older renters, warning that...

MorganAsh backs new CII guidance on supporting vulnerable customers

MorganAsh has welcomed the publication of new customer vulnerability guidance from the Chartered Insurance...

Mera backs £18m refurbishment of ultra-prime London penthouse

Mera Investment Management has completed an £18 million residential refurbishment facility for a one-of-a-kind...

Roma Finance partnership to guide contractors into property development

Roma Finance has become the official lending partner for Rise Up Development’s education programme,...

First2Protect unveils Acturis-built broker portal to streamline insurance referrals

First2Protect has launched a new broker portal designed to give mortgage advisers a faster...

AFIG launches nationwide Broker Club for specialist finance brokers

AFIG Ltd has launched the Broker Club, a new initiative designed to reshape the...

Millions turn to borrowing and policy cancellations to manage financial shocks

New research shows millions of people have been forced to borrow or cut back...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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