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Virgin Money cuts selected purchase, remortgage & product transfer BTL rates

Virgin Money has implemented reductions in selected buy-to-let fixed mortgage rates, effective today, Friday,...

Price gap between houses and flats at 30-year high

The housing market is continuing to register positive momentum in 2025 with Zoopla’s latest...

Allica Bank moves into residential BTL market

Allica Bank has expanded its commercial mortgage proposition by entering the specialist buy-to-let residential...

Rightmove calls on government to extend the stamp duty deadline to help 74,000 home-movers

Rightmove is calling for an extension to the stamp duty deadline after research revealed...

Cooling rental growth poses new challenges for buy-to-let sector

Latest data from Hamptons reveals a continued slowdown in rental growth for new lets...

Brokers predict two further base rate cuts this year

Landbay has reported that mortgage brokers are now expecting just two more interest rate...

New advisers for Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA)

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection and financial planning network, has welcomed a...

Just Mortgages launches scheme to support self-employed adviser transition

Just Mortgages has introduced New Starter Boost, a support package designed to help advisers...

Rents continue to rise but rental growth slows

The average UK private rent increased by 8.7% in the 12 months to January...

Stamp duty changes to hit four in five homeowners from April

The cost of purchasing a home is set to rise for the majority of...

It takes women four times as long to save the required deposit for a home

It takes single women 11 years and nine months to save the expected deposit...

More2life unveils personalised lifetime mortgage rates

Later life lender more2life has introduced Flexi Interest Reward, a new lifetime mortgage feature...

Conveyancing chaos on the horizon as stamp duty deadline sparks property panic

Looming stamp duty changes are likely to cause conveyancing chaos with Rightmove predicting a...

Getting to know you:  Luisa Ciccarelli, Trinity Financial 

Name: Luisa Ciccarelli Age: 24 Location: Office - Islington, London. Home - Hertfordshire Qualification Year: 2022 Firm: Trinity...

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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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The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

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

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

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...

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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