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The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...

HM Land Registry says it’s working with mortgage lenders to ensure they will no longer need to chase conveyancers for updates...

Property lender Together is holding its third webinar for brokers in its Chalk Live series, offering new educational content along with...

New analysis of personal guarantee requests from lenders for Limited Company Buy to Let mortgage, has found that the average personal...

High profile specialist lender Shawbrook has unveiled two new mortgage products for its Buy to Let, Commercial and Semi-Commercial ranges.  The offerings...

Plans to ban cold calls for financial products are the subject of a consultation marking the next step in delivering the...

A new analysis shows that the UK's mortgage brokerage market is projected to grow this year despite ongoing economic insecurity. Octane Capital...

Mortgage lenders and brokers have rarely had a higher profile than right now, when they are seen as key to the...

Despite the recent economic turbulence, the bridging market has seen more requests for fast, short-term finance. This type of finance provides certainty...

A possible surge in defaults due to economic headwinds should result in lenders reviewing their loan books and underlying security, according...

Older borrowers could be missing out on the best mortgage and equity release deals through fears about the security of their...

Total Landlord Insurance claims that throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, insurance claims increased by 13%. The most common type of claim was...

Precise Mortgages, part of the leading specialist leader OSB Group, recently recognised a gap in the market and decided to expand...

In this guest piece, Jess Gerrow, vice president of marketing at Token provides insight into the human side of Open Banking. Driven...

Millions of holidaymakers will be heading on an Easter getaway this week. But whilst Brits will be jetting off to glorious...

As far as the UK Government is concerned, the threat from COVID is over. In its wake, a new battle, the...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has launched a ‘new weapon’ in the ongoing fight against dirty cash being cleaned around the world...

Ozgur Unlu, managing director of 360 Dotnet, addresses the key items and points for financial advice businesses to consider when adopting technology. What...

Legal & General has announced the return of its Virtual Summer Conference which takes place today and tomorrow (July 6-7 2021). The...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has released new products to meet increased demand in the market. The raft of new product...

The Equity Release Council (the Council) has launched a member endorsement mark as part of a brand refresh that reflects the...

The majority (83%) of first-time buyers in the UK currently house-hunting have had no financial support from their parents, new research...

Financial institutions in the UK continue to invent new ways to enable their clients to access their products and services online....

Financial advisers are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...

Arguments about which browser to use have plagued the Internet since its inception. Some people say Google Chrome is the greatest...

Financial advisors are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...

Mortgage broker CLS Money has partnered with FinTech specialist Nivo to provide its customers with a fully branded ‘white labelled’ app. The...

A cybersecurity startup with a new 24-hour monitoring service has launched to provide peace of mind for financial services firms. bluedog Security...

Paragon’s ‘Commercial Lending’ division provided 100% funding for a customer to acquire a development site with planning permission. The case – which...

Conveyancing technology provider ULS Technology has announced the arrival of DigitalMove Remortgage for mortgage brokers. This new functionality aims to help brokers...

Over a third of people who purchased their mortgage direct from a lender have no protection policy in place, the latest...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched four exclusive mortgages for residential Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) applications. All four mortgages are...

Historically second charge mortgages or secured loans as they are also known were seen as a last chance option for a...

Two new seven-year fixed rate mortgages and rate reductions of up to 0.10% have been introduced to Skipton Building Society’s residential...

Information on the impact of general data protection (GDPR) and how advisers can create their own digital customer experience are just...

Specialist lender, Together, has issued £275 million to support the successful completion of its debut public residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) transaction. Credit-rating...

Over three quarters (76%) of advisers recommend taking out private surveys when purchasing or remortgaging a property, according to TMA Mortgage...

Specialist mortgage lender, Foundation Home Loans, has reformed its buy-to-let range with new first-time landlord products. New five-year fixed rate options will...

Bridging finance lender Roma Finance is launching a special 0.75% bridging rate until Valentine's Day. The firm has announced a special time-bound...

Mortgage Trust has launched a series of products catering for buy-to-let property purchases and remortgages. The lender says that the products, which...

Back in 1980 I took out my first mortgage to buy a flat in Birmingham. The flat was very affordable and...

Fraudsters attacking the conveyancing sector, successfully stealing large sums of money from homebuyers, are making national headlines at a depressing rate....

The average cost of tracker mortgages is on the increase as the result of falling demand from borrowers, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk. The...

There has been a surge in three-year fixed rate mortgages with number of deals on the market rising 16% in the last...

Leeds Building Society is launching the lowest ever 10-year fixed rate mortgage charging just 2.75%. The best buy deal, available from Thursday,...

Accord Mortgages and Leeds Building Society have launched new five-year fixed-rate mortgages with added incentives. Intermediary-only lender Accord’s deals are aimed at borrowers...

Life is getting easier for first-time buyers as barriers to homeownership fall and government schemes help more climb on the property...

Buy-to-let landlords have yet to wake up to the danger posed by Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming tax crackdown. Investment experts have warned...

Latest figures suggest housing market momentum is getting stronger despite a “wobble” in July that saw a sharp dip in activity. Housing...

As mortgages plunge to record lows borrowers no longer have to pay more for the security of a fixed rate. The difference...

Large loans: a user’s guide For those with less experience handling large loans, they can at first be a daunting prospect. This...

Mortgage approvals hit a 14-month high in May after rising 4% year-on-year, according to new figures from the British Bankers' Association. It said 42,530 mortgages...

Mortgage affordability for people who want to buy a home has hit its highest level for six years. Just one in three...

Nationwide is making a series of rate reductions across its mortgage range from today with fixed rates cut by up to...