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Foundation relaunches ERC3 buy-to-let products 

Foundation has relaunched a number of buy-to-let products withdrawn earlier this year while also...

Equity Release Group backs FCA later life lending review

Equity Release Group has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s Later Life Mortgages Market Study,...

Lloyds Banking Group cuts deposit barrier with £5k first-time buyer deal

Lloyds Banking Group has launched a new mortgage allowing first-time buyers to secure a...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Olympic medalist Fatima Whitbread backs MIMHC Walk and Talk

Olympic medallist and former world record holder Fatima Whitbread MBE has thrown her support...

First-time buyers turn to renovation homes as affordability pressures bite

First-time buyers are increasingly choosing cheaper homes in need of renovation as affordability pressures...

House price growth slows as higher borrowing costs hit confidence

House prices remained broadly flat in April as higher borrowing costs and renewed economic...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on...

Jeremy Duncombe to retire as the Yorkshire reshapes homes division

Jeremy Duncombe is to retire from Yorkshire Building Society after supporting a transition that...

The human adviser in an AI mortgage market

NatWest’s decision to place home-buying guidance inside ChatGPT is a story with large implications. It...

ASA upholds complaint over ‘leading body’ claim in CPD accreditation ads

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against The Professional Development Consortium...

Connells Survey & Valuation and StrideUp launch platform with Cotality

Connells Survey & Valuation and StrideUp have become the first firms to launch Cotality’s new Integrated LenderHub platform...

FCA to review claims management practices amid concerns over consumer harm

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is launching a review of the claims management market...

Equity release lending falls as uncertainty delays completions

Equity release lending fell in the first quarter of 2026 as economic uncertainty and...
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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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