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Lloyd’s pre-tax profits were just £1.6 billion between January and March, down from £2.3 billion for the same period last year. The bank...

Halifax moved entirely in the opposite direction to its rivals at the very end of last week, cutting rates instead of...

Falling swap rates - already falling over the past month - have dropped further following better-than-expected inflation news, triggering speculation over...

Almost 400 misleading promotions by later life mortgage firms have been binned or amended, thanks to the Financial Conduct Authority.   The...

Brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn as a...

The OneDome Group, which for 20 years has operated its CMME Mortgages service, is launching a new consumer campaign in the...

The Commonwealth Games begin this week and will be hosted in Birmingham. Sprinters, swimmers, and more sporting sensations will take part...

As the average property price is up 9.6% in 2022, many buyers want to get the best deal for their new...

A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has found that garden offices, garage conversions and kitchen...

New data from the UK property website, Rightmove, has found that March is the strongest month of the year for prospective...

This week’s mortgage roundup is a range of reduced rates and new products across the mortgage market, with Furness Building Society’s...

Although record property sales and skyrocketing house prices have dominated the headlines, new figures suggest that the rosy picture of the...

With the sun making an appearance and the hope of a further easing of restrictions, Furness Building Society is holding a 'competition...

Mortgage technology solution providers Twenty7Tec and Eligible ai have partnered to encourage advisers to use technology that will retain existing clients. The...

Despite Covid-19, the average mortgage value for purchasers is up 12.4% compared to the same period in 2019, according to data...

The number of property purchases supported by Help to Buy ISAs increased by 8% this year, rising from 82,940 in 2017/18...

Average bills for home insurance are up just 2.1% in a year, with a competitive marketplace keeping up with the UK’s...

Data from Moneyfacts UK found the average two-year fixed rate at max 95% loan-to-value (LTV) is at a record low, while...

Mortgage Brain has launched this year’s series of Mortgage Vision events. Now in it’s ninth year and having celebrated a 22% increase...

Intelenet Global Services has launched a new ‘Lending Suite’ to help banks generate mortgage offers in as little as 30 minutes. The...

Mortgage advisers are embracing new technology faster than any other time following the credit crunch, according to Criteria Hub. The online deep...

First-time buyers accounted for half of all home purchase valuations in July, according to the latest research from Connells Survey &...

Daniel Bailey, an independent mortgage adviser from North Derbyshire, has bagged one of the financial industry’s most prestigious awards. Bailey, director of...

The adviser community has offered broad support to the merits of a standalone equity release qualification, according to a joint survey...

Paragon Mortgages has entered the residential mortgage market after announcing the launch of a new range of products for owner-occupiers.  The lender,...

The winner of Furness Building Society's Euro 2016 football predictor for intermediaries has been announced.  Jerome De Jonk of Lighthouse Wealth has...

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is counting down the last month before throwing open the doors to its...

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

Rates on market-leading mortgages are set to fall below 1% as competition between lenders intensifies. Chris Pilling, chief executive of Yorkshire Building...

The average house hunter takes just 53 minutes to decide to buy a home, 15 minutes more than one year ago. Online...

The number of 95% LTV mortgages rose by 84% in the last year after a surge of product launches over the...

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

Property market experts have warned that the forthcoming buy-to-let surcharge on stamp duty will trigger a shortlived scramble for property in...

Buy-to-let landlords have driven a massive shift in the property market that has taken a million homes out of residential ownership...

The number of people using an independent adviser to help with a remortgage has dropped by 28% this year, new figures...

Record high demand for first-time buyer properties has pushed prices up by nearly 10% in the year. Although property prices generally have...

Nationwide has announced a string of cuts to its fixed-rate range just one day after analysts warned of yet another mortgage price...

Brokers and industry specialists have leapt to the defence of equity release following a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report suggesting the...

Record low fixed rate mortgages may already be a thing of the past as lenders start pulling rates. New research from Moneyfacts.co.uk suggests...

Brokers have welcomed new official figures showing that house prices in England and Wales are within a whisker of their all-time high. House...

Mortgage sourcing systems – it’s all about accuracy Since the first mortgage sourcing system was built in 1986, their capabilities, not to...