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Virgin Money reduces fixed mortgage rates across key products

Virgin Money has announced a range of mortgage rate reductions, set to take effect...

Remortgage market set for revival as borrowers switch lenders

The UK remortgage market is expected to see a significant increase in activity this...

Vida Homeloans cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let

Vida Homeloans has announced reductions across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges, including its...

Dudley Building Society reduces retention and further advance rates

Dudley Building Society has updated its range of mortgage retention products. This includes rate reductions...

Vida introduces ‘3 & Easy’ range of 97% LTV mortgages

Vida Homeloans has launched a new range of residential mortgage products at 97% loan...

Vida cuts residential and BTL rates by up to 26bps

Vida Homeloans has made reductions across its whole product range. It has also improved its...

Newcastle for Intermediaries improves PT proc fees

Newcastle for Intermediaries has boosted its procuration fee to 0.30% for product transfers on...

Virgin Money increases fixed rate pricing

Virgin Money has increased rates on its fixed rate products. The changes took place at...

COMMENT

We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

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Gilt turmoil puts fresh pressure on mortgage rates

Rising government borrowing costs are putting renewed upward pressure on UK mortgage rates as...

UK needs first primary surplus in 25 years, warns NIESR

The UK needs to run its first primary budget surplus in 25 years if...

Gatehouse launches fee-free refinance products

Gatehouse Bank has launched a range of limited-edition refinance products for UK residents with...

Bank of England turns to AI and real-time mortgage data

The Bank of England is using artificial intelligence and real-time financial data, including information...

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