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Property investment activity and confidence remain high, despite the impact of the Renters’ Rights Act, which instead brings transparency and certainty for landlord investors, says Jodie Spreadbury, senior mortgage and protection broker at The Mortgage Broker. ...
Mortgage brokers and independent financial advisors can carry out passport and driving licence checks digitally from their phone with the launch of a new identity verification (IDV) service on Click2Check’s online digital compliance platform. ...
Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to individuals, sports clubs and organisations who were affected by the flooding that hit the town last November. ...
Borrowers face uncertainty ahead of tomorrow’s interest rate announcement but shouldn’t be deterred from seeking a deal if the rate is held and should seek broker advice to navigate the changes. ...
PEXA, which claims to be the UK’s only FCA-regulated digital property completion infrastructure, has announced the completion of the first NatWest remortgage transaction on the platform, achieved within two working days of the mortgage offer. ...
Complex case and bridging finance specialist Market Harborough Building Society has committed £1 million to local good causes that matter most to its customers and communities over the past three years. ...
More than half (52%) of prospective buyers say they’re ready to buy in 2026 - yet four in ten (41%) are still waiting for a “sign” before taking the plunge, new research from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has revealed. ...
Potential buyers and those looking to remortgage must carefully consider affordability and be realistic in their approach with brokers playing a key role, following the rise in UK inflation to 3.3% for March. ...
Coadjute, the governance, risk management and compliance platform backed by Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest and Nationwide, has announced that it has been accepted into the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) AI Live Testing Sandbox. ...
Broker support remains essential for landlords, who typically hold 6.5 buy-to-let loans, spread across an average of 2.1 lender relationships and with average total borrowing standing at £714,000, according to new data from Pegasus Insight. ...
Buy-to-let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages has reduced pricing across its 3% fee, 75% LTV five-year fixed rate products, alongside the reintroduction of a broader range of product options and the introduction of new two-year product transfer (PT) tracker products. ...
Nearly four in five (83%) of brokers say that lenders are not adapting fast enough to meet the changing needs of today’s borrowers, a figure that has risen from 52% six months ago. ...
Overall mortgage activity rose almost a quarter (24.6%) in Q1, but it was a rush to remortgage that drove the majority of the activity, with remortgaging rising 45.8%, according to the newly-launched Stonebridge Mortgage Market Index. ...
Barclays has cut mortgage rates across 22 products and by as much as 36bps, effective from today, in a move that positions it as offering market-leading rates, it claims. ...
