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Demand in the rental sector is calming as more tenants become homeowners.  The number of tenants registering in lettings ...
Labour is set to spend a record £7.9bn to protect “hundreds of thousands of homes, small businesses, and vital infrastructure ...
New bridging loan completions totalled £2.8bn in Q1 2025, the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) reveals. The ...
Newcastle Building Society has announced it will reduce its standard variable rate (SVR) by 0.25% to 6.50%, from 1 July 2025.
The Stafford Building Society has launched a 90% loan-to-value (LTV) discounted variable rate mortgage. The new product will ...
If you’ve travelled into Birmingham’s New Street station, you must have noticed the HS2 development work taking place. It’s ...
Knowledge Bank has appointed Julie Bourne as its criteria and partnerships manager. Bourne brings more than 20 years of ...
MT Finance Group has launched its new commercial mortgage business, backed by a £2.5bn forward flow flow facility from J.P.
BM Solutions and Halifax for Intermediaries have announced rate changes. BM Solutions has cut rates by as much as 16 basis ...
StreamBank has launched a bridging loan which combines a £1,000 legal fee contribution, title insurance, with rates starting from 0.66% per month.   The specialist lender says its StreamEdge product ...
Over the past decade the buy-to-let (BTL) rulebook has been rewritten, pushing many landlords to venture outside what once might have been their investment comfort zone. The market has grown ...
Metro Bank has been approached about a private equity takeover that may lead to consolidation in the specialist mortgage sector.   The challenger bank has been approached informally over the last ...