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Landbay unveils new Limited Edition remortgage products

Landbay has bolstered its product proposition with the launch of a new limited edition...

Simply Conveyancing shuts Peterborough office, citing strategic shift, amid pre-Christmas redundancies

Simply Conveyancing has announced the closure of its Peterborough office, with over half of...

AMI reveals Sinclair’s successor as chief executive

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has announced that Stephanie Charman has been appointed...

Keystone Property Finance cuts all rates by 10bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced the rates across its complete product offering by 10...

UPDATE: Financial services tech provider suffers major data breach

UK-based financial technology firm Finastra’s attempts to penetrate the UK mortgage market suffered a...

FCA slammed for failings in consumer protection and accountability

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is under fire following a damning Parliamentary report highlighting...

The changing face of mortgage broking: why it’s still worth it

It’s 6:30am, the kettle’s just boiled, and already my phone is pinging with emails....

95% of property professionals doubt housing targets will be met

A new poll has found that almost all (95%) property professionals are sceptical that...

New deals: Vida improves affordability and simplifies criteria

Vida has made changes to help more clients and better broker's experience of the...

New identity as eKeeper relaunches as finova Broker

Finova Broker, previously known as eKeeper Group, has relaunched as a dedicated arm of...

Stamp Duty payments “set to double by 2030”

Homebuyers are set to pay 110% more in Stamp Duty by 2030, according to...

A world of change – but is that new news?

I am delighted to have been asked to write for Mortgage Soup as it...

UTB bridging deals from 0.65% following rate cuts

United Trust Bank has (UTB) has made a broad series of rate reductions across...

Government has no chance of hitting housing targets but direction of travel is encouraging

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner hasn’t got a ‘cat’s chance in in hell’ of...

COMMENT

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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