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Newcastle for Intermediaries adds three-year fix range to mortgage offering

Newcastle for Intermediaries has introduced a new range of three-year fixed rate products. It said...

UK house prices still 7 x average earnings as buyers surge ahead of stamp duty hike

The average UK house price remains over seven times the average of individuals' annual...

House prices post full house of consecutive quarterly growth

The property market finished 2024 on the front foot with the UK market as...

Stamp duty countdown slows housing market despite rising prices

Britain's housing market experienced its slowest month in over a year this February as...

Habito launches groundbreaking accelerator program for mortgage broker firms

Habito has launched an ‘accelerator’ program to support entrepreneurial mortgage broker firms looking to...

UK mortgage lending reaches record high as market shows resilience

The total value of outstanding residential mortgage loans in the UK rose to a...

NACFB impact report highlights brokers’ vital role in SME finance

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has released its annual impact report,...

Zoopla calls for softer stress tests to unlock homeownership for renters

Loosening lending rules with mortgage stress testing rates closer to 6-7% would help more...

FCA outlines steps to improve access to mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined measures to improve access to mortgages, reminding...

Slight monthly decline in house prices

UK house prices remained largely stable in February, recording a marginal decline of 0.1%...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries further reduces short-term let rates

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has reduced rates across its short-term lets range by 30...

Mortgage maverick author has a ‘wheely’ good time

The air under the arches of Waterloo Station smelled of old rain and fresh...

CHL’s Ross Turrell to retire and be succeeded by Darrell Walker

Ross Turrell, commercial director for specialist lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries, is to retire. Turrell...

Nivo unveils AI-powered broker concierge service for specialist lenders

Nivo has announced the launch of Broker Concierge, an AI-powered assistant designed to help...

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Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

Ministerial cock-ups could kill radical property taxes

At first it might appear that the mortgage industry and the housing sector as a whole should be cross with the Labour government. After all,...

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HTB backs £4m refinance for London landlord

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a £4m semi-commercial refinance for an experienced landlord in...

MPC narrowly votes to hold rates at 4% as calls for a cut grow louder

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has come within a whisker of...

UTB backs £16.5m Surrey developments by Rushmon Homes

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing £10.7m in acquisition and development finance to support...

Octopus Capital funds two new care homes

Octopus Capital has completed a £30 million forward funding agreement with Synergy Care Developments...

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