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Mortgages
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Remortgages
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Self-employed
adverse credit
Near prime
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Green mortgages
interest-only mortgages
Overseas
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Buy-to-let
Limited Company BTL
HMO/MUFB
Holiday/short-term let
Portfolio BTL
Consumer buy-to-let
Green BTL
Let-to-buy
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Bridging
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Development exit
Development finance
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Commercial mortgages
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SME finance
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Aviva fined £8.2m over outsourcing failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Aviva Pension Trustees UK and Aviva Wrap...
5 October 2016
MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?
LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...
4 October 2016
Call for clarification on advice remuneration
Following the Treasury consultation on redefining ‘advice’, Aegon wants the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to...
3 October 2016
PRA outlines buy-to-let underwriting expectations
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published its expectations of firms’ underwriting standards to...
29 September 2016
New FCA measures on focus on culture
Six months on from the implementation of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, the Financial...
29 September 2016
Society of Mortgage Professionals to hold BTL roadshows
The Society of Mortgage Professionals has revealed plans to deliver a CPD event programme dedicated...
27 September 2016
Warning sounded over limited company BTL tax liabilities
The audience at last week's Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) annual conference heard tax adviser...
27 September 2016
Payday lender in £34m customer redress action
Payday firm CFO Lending is to provide over £34 million of redress to more...
19 September 2016
10% growth in seconds market predicted
Brokers expect the value of the second charge loans market to increase by 10%...
16 September 2016
FCA signals Mortgage Market Study launch
The Financial Services Authority (FCA) is to formally launch its Mortgage Market Study towards the...
14 September 2016
TMA outlines regional roadshow offering
TMA Mortgage Club is rolling out a series of regional roadshows with a number of mortgage...
13 September 2016
PMS partners with TML
PMS Mortgage Club has become the latest distributor to partner with The Mortgage Lender...
12 September 2016
Society of Mortgage Professionals outlines roadshow schedule
The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed the schedule for its second series of 2016...
12 September 2016
CA vows to continue leasehold reform campaign
The Conveyancing Association (CA) has stated that it will continue with its campaign to...
1 September 2016
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COMMENT
Comment
First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals
As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...
10 February 2026
Working up those income streams
Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...
6 February 2026
Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright
The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...
5 February 2026
Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage
This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...
4 February 2026
The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...
4 February 2026
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Clydesdale Bank hikes selected residential fixed rates
Clydesdale Bank is increasing a range of residential fixed rate products across purchase, remortgage...
11 February 2026
affordability
Aberdeen tops UK rankings for single homebuyer affordability
Aberdeen is the most affordable city in the UK for single people looking to...
11 February 2026
arrears
Mortgage arrears set to hit record lows despite rate shock
Mortgage arrears are forecast to fall further over the next two years even as...
11 February 2026
Mortgages
Family BS launches 100% LTV fix backed by family security
Family Building Society has entered the 100% LTV arena with the launch of an...
11 February 2026
PROFILES
Michael Day on why conditional selling remains an industry flashpoint
Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let
Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market