Fleet promotes Husbands to head of sales as it bolsters team  

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Fleet Mortgages has promoted Dave Husbands to head of sales as part of a series of changes in its sales division.   The buy-to-let specialist lender says Husbands will oversee...

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Precise Mortgages cuts five-year BTL fixed rates

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Precise Mortgages has lowered five-year fixed rates across its limited edition buy-to-let range. Five-year fixes now start from 5.24%, while the company is also introducing a new five-year fixed rate...

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Cover feature: Retaining market share

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Shutterstock / YesPhotographers Amid some of the struggles of today’s market, it can be easy to forget how far the intermediary sector has come. Back in 2014, brokers held only a...

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Some banks don’t track CRE risk on a frequent basis, survey suggests

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A Moody's survey of 55 banks pointed to office loans as one the riskiest property types. Office loans have been hit by the shift toward remote work at some...

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Four in ten homeowners and renters struggle to make payments: ONS   

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More than four in ten mortgage holders and renters say they are struggling to afford their housing costs, official data shows.    It found that 42% of mortgaged homeowners and...

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Consumers’ financial capability ‘must be taken into account’

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MorganAsh managing director Andrew Gething says consumers’ financial capability must be taken into account following reports in The Telegraph that banks and brokers will be allowed to push their...

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Mortgage market ‘awash with rate cuts’: Moneyfacts

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There have been some ‘eye-catching deals’ this week with the mortgage market ‘awash with rate cuts’, according to Moneyfacts latest rate watch. For two-year fixed all LTVs, the average rate...

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Editor’s note: Taking each day as it comes

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

How was your summer? Yes, it flew by, as per the consensus. But, while July and August are usually considered ‘the silly season’ as the media struggle for newsworthy...

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House prices suffer largest fall in 14 years: Halifax   

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Average house prices fell by 4.6% in August, compared to a year ago, the biggest annual fall since 2009, data from Halifax shows, as “higher mortgage costs flow through...

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Perenna to offer 30-year mortgages after bank licence approval

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

New specialist lender Perenna will offer long-term fixed mortgages after securing its banking licence from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Perenna, the first UK start-up...

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