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MIMHC partners with Claritee to support workplace wellbeing

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter has formed a strategic partnership with Claritee Group...

HTB creates relationship manager model for specialist mortgages

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced a dedicated relationship manager model within its specialist mortgages...

Parents turning to property wealth to fund rising school fees

More parents are using remortgages, further advances and second-charge loans to help fund private...

Rightmove digs in for legal battle as £1.5bn case heads to court

Rightmove has vowed to fight a landmark £1.5 billion legal action brought on behalf...

Housing recovery stalls as political uncertainty hits confidence

The UK housing market recovery expected at the start of 2026 has stalled as...

Stamp Duty receipts fall despite wider tax net

Stamp duty receipts have fallen this year despite more homebuyers being pulled into paying...

Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate

Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its...

Income protection demand surges as UK protection market ‘rebalances’

Demand for income protection continued to accelerate during 2025 as advisers and consumers increasingly...

Mortgage and protection professionals urged to complete industry ED&I survey before deadline

Industry leaders are calling on mortgage and protection professionals across the UK to complete...

Armalytix launches compliance bundles for property transactions

Armalytix has launched Complete Compliance Bundles, designed to reduce duplication and delays in property...

AI skills gap poses major challenge for financial services sector

The financial services sector will need to recruit and retrain around 450,000 highly skilled...

Santander cuts rates across higher LTV fixed and tracker mortgages

Santander has reduced rates across a range of first-time buyer, home mover and remortgage...

Equity Release Group launches adviser network

Equity Release Group has launched a specialist adviser network aimed at helping firms expand...

UK house price growth stalls as rents continue rising

UK house price growth stalled in March as higher mortgage rates and affordability pressures...
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COMMENT

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Appointments

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...
MIMHC

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...
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Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...
Buy-to-let

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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