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It will take no less than 18 years for all private rental properties to achieve an EPC rating of C or...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
April Mortgages, the lender seeking to introduce Dutch-style longer-term products, has reduced the interest rates on its range of five to...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Nationwide has joined a year-old campaign to speed up the home buying process through increased digitisation. The society has joined the Open...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
HM Land Registry says it’s working with mortgage lenders to ensure they will no longer need to chase conveyancers for updates...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Property lender Together is holding its third webinar for brokers in its Chalk Live series, offering new educational content along with...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New analysis of personal guarantee requests from lenders for Limited Company Buy to Let mortgage, has found that the average personal...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
High profile specialist lender Shawbrook has unveiled two new mortgage products for its Buy to Let, Commercial and Semi-Commercial ranges. The offerings...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Plans to ban cold calls for financial products are the subject of a consultation marking the next step in delivering the...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A new analysis shows that the UK's mortgage brokerage market is projected to grow this year despite ongoing economic insecurity. Octane Capital...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders and brokers have rarely had a higher profile than right now, when they are seen as key to the...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Despite the recent economic turbulence, the bridging market has seen more requests for fast, short-term finance. This type of finance provides certainty...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A possible surge in defaults due to economic headwinds should result in lenders reviewing their loan books and underlying security, according...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Older borrowers could be missing out on the best mortgage and equity release deals through fears about the security of their...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Total Landlord Insurance claims that throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, insurance claims increased by 13%. The most common type of claim was...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Precise Mortgages, part of the leading specialist leader OSB Group, recently recognised a gap in the market and decided to expand...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Jess Gerrow, vice president of marketing at Token provides insight into the human side of Open Banking. Driven...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Millions of holidaymakers will be heading on an Easter getaway this week. But whilst Brits will be jetting off to glorious...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
As far as the UK Government is concerned, the threat from COVID is over. In its wake, a new battle, the...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has launched a ‘new weapon’ in the ongoing fight against dirty cash being cleaned around the world...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Ozgur Unlu, managing director of 360 Dotnet, addresses the key items and points for financial advice businesses to consider when adopting technology. What...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Legal & General has announced the return of its Virtual Summer Conference which takes place today and tomorrow (July 6-7 2021). The...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has released new products to meet increased demand in the market. The raft of new product...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Equity Release Council (the Council) has launched a member endorsement mark as part of a brand refresh that reflects the...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The majority (83%) of first-time buyers in the UK currently house-hunting have had no financial support from their parents, new research...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Financial institutions in the UK continue to invent new ways to enable their clients to access their products and services online....
28 January 2021
From: PropTech
Financial advisers are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...
30 October 2020
From: PropTech
Arguments about which browser to use have plagued the Internet since its inception. Some people say Google Chrome is the greatest...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Financial advisors are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Mortgage broker CLS Money has partnered with FinTech specialist Nivo to provide its customers with a fully branded ‘white labelled’ app. The...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A cybersecurity startup with a new 24-hour monitoring service has launched to provide peace of mind for financial services firms. bluedog Security...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Paragon’s ‘Commercial Lending’ division provided 100% funding for a customer to acquire a development site with planning permission. The case – which...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing technology provider ULS Technology has announced the arrival of DigitalMove Remortgage for mortgage brokers. This new functionality aims to help brokers...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Over a third of people who purchased their mortgage direct from a lender have no protection policy in place, the latest...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched four exclusive mortgages for residential Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) applications. All four mortgages are...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Historically second charge mortgages or secured loans as they are also known were seen as a last chance option for a...
13 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Two new seven-year fixed rate mortgages and rate reductions of up to 0.10% have been introduced to Skipton Building Society’s residential...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Information on the impact of general data protection (GDPR) and how advisers can create their own digital customer experience are just...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Specialist lender, Together, has issued £275 million to support the successful completion of its debut public residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) transaction. Credit-rating...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Over three quarters (76%) of advisers recommend taking out private surveys when purchasing or remortgaging a property, according to TMA Mortgage...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News
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...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News
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...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Mortgage Trust has launched a series of products catering for buy-to-let property purchases and remortgages. The lender says that the products, which...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Back in 1980 I took out my first mortgage to buy a flat in Birmingham. The flat was very affordable and...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Fraudsters attacking the conveyancing sector, successfully stealing large sums of money from homebuyers, are making national headlines at a depressing rate....
27 May 2016
From: Sponsored Content
The average cost of tracker mortgages is on the increase as the result of falling demand from borrowers, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk. The...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been a surge in three-year fixed rate mortgages with number of deals on the market rising 16% in the last...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Leeds Building Society is launching the lowest ever 10-year fixed rate mortgage charging just 2.75%. The best buy deal, available from Thursday,...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News
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...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Life is getting easier for first-time buyers as barriers to homeownership fall and government schemes help more climb on the property...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News
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...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News
Latest figures suggest housing market momentum is getting stronger despite a “wobble” in July that saw a sharp dip in activity. Housing...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News
As mortgages plunge to record lows borrowers no longer have to pay more for the security of a fixed rate. The difference...
29 July 2015
From: Breaking News
Large loans: a user’s guide For those with less experience handling large loans, they can at first be a daunting prospect. This...
25 June 2015
From: 60 Second Interview
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...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News
Mortgage affordability for people who want to buy a home has hit its highest level for six years. Just one in three...