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UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The equity release market has seen growth for the first time in 12 months with quarterly increases in both new customers...

A specialist business bank is strengthening its proposition for portfolio landlords with a new Green Reward cashback offer. Redwood Bank says it...

Molo Finance - which says it’s “the UK’s first fully digital mortgage lender” - has joined with a PropTech startup to...

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

Research published by the Home Builders Federation shows that the new homes owners will save an average of £135 on monthly...

We’re now under four weeks away from the start of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consumer Duty regime. This introduces a new Consumer...

Companies representing some 85 per cent of all mortgage lending have signed up to a new charter.  The lenders claims they have...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association wants the government to give additional support to landlords It says the cumulative effects of regulatory and...

The FCA’s new consumer duty requirements are set to be published at the end of July for implementation in April 2023. While...

A recent change in mortgage rules that required lenders to check whether homeowners could afford repayments at higher interest rates has...

While the number of members hit with expulsion has declined steadily each year since a peak in 2018, the most recent...

Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...

In new research conducted by London estate agency, Bective, it was discovered that homebuyers on the search for a property near...

The Equity Release Council (the Council) has launched a new Legal Forum to champion the unique role of legal advice in...

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

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

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

Pure Commercial Finance saved a multimillion-pound development by sourcing £2.5 million of funding in just three days. The client, an experienced property...

Nationwide is the latest building society to join the Equity Release Council (The Council) following its introduction to the lifetime mortgage...

The Northview Group has announced changes to its portfolio buy-to-let lending criteria for both Kensington and New Street Mortgages. The changes come...

Accord Buy to Let has announced details of its lending criteria for portfolio landlords, set to come into effect on 30...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has updated its ‘Buy to Let Matrix’ to include lending criteria on buy-to-let portfolios ahead of...

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

If the weakened pound and unrest around the continent we sometimes claim to be a part of have combined to put...

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed that membership has broken through the 8,000-barrier for the first time. “It’s an affirmation of...

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

Buy-to-let is in the line of fire again with reports that officials at the Basel Committee are looking to get tough on...

House price growth will slow in 2016 as buyers struggle to get on the housing ladder and interest rates potentially rise,...

Chancellor George Osborne's assault on the buy-to-let market yesterday could trigger a short-term “spree” as landlords rush to buy property before...

The Bank of England has ruled out intervention in the UK buy-to-let market despite fears that its growth could pose a...

The Bank of England has warned that the booming buy-to-let market poses a threat to the financial stability of the UK. It...