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Top 10 most read mortgage broker stories this week – 16/06/2023

Stories covering mortgage rate and product changes dominated the news agenda once again, as did a debate between brokers on how much stress this was causing them.
The notion that the buy-to-let market was not struggling as badly as mainstream media headlines would suggest was also of interest to readers, as was the idea that lifetime mortgage loans would be smaller on average going forward.
Smaller loan sizes ‘new normal’ for lifetime mortgages – Wilson

Shawbrook is the specialist mortgage sector’s ‘best kept secret’ – Sard
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Base rate to hit 5.25 per cent but UK likely to avoid recession
Reports of the ‘death’ of the UK buy-to-let sector have been greatly exaggerated – Davies
Brokers divided over whether market ‘horrendous’ or advisers just need to ‘toughen up’ ‒ analysis
Citizens Advice warns of ‘back door evictions’ as Section 21 notices hit record high
Santander to temporarily withdraw all new business due to ‘market conditions’
Virgin Money increases rates; Natwest ups buy-to-let stress rates – round-up