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interest-only mortgages
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Buy-to-let
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HMO/MUFB
Holiday/short-term let
Portfolio BTL
Consumer buy-to-let
Green BTL
Let-to-buy
Specialist
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Auction finance
Development exit
Development finance
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SME finance
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Asset finance
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Advisers need to work harder with landlord clients for a brighter future
There are a lot of seemingly conflicting forces at play in the UK housing...
17 September 2023
Is it time for an authorisation rethink?
The recent announcement that Tenet was closing its network and moving its mortgage and...
17 September 2023
A continuous focus on marketing pays dividends
With the schools (apart from those with crumbling concrete) reopening, we all have to...
10 September 2023
Has the Bank Base Rate finally peaked?
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings are always eagerly anticipated in our world but I...
10 September 2023
Inflation is often misunderstood
Even in - what looks like - an economy where inflation is heading downwards,...
3 September 2023
It makes sense for lenders to target high LTV business
Even towards the end of August, many ‘Out of Offices’ were still on throughout...
1 September 2023
Why you need to continually appraise where your business is at
Working in this sector, and telling people what you do, you’ll always be asked...
1 September 2023
Focus on Principals and their AR support provisions
Back in December last year, the FCA introduced additional rules for Principals related to...
27 August 2023
Maximising returns in a challenging market
Given the continued uncertainty in the mortgage market and wider UK economy, reports of...
17 August 2023
Mortgage Charter is only a start – common sense approach still needed on credit
The Mortgage Charter has been a welcome initiative. Understandably there are plenty of borrowers...
17 August 2023
Tapping into client potential
Client expectations have always been difficult to manage; however, for many, these expectations have...
13 August 2023
Flying the flag for credit-worthy borrowers
In years gone by, the UK residential mortgage market could – at times –...
3 August 2023
Brokers still unclear on what Consumer Duty means for them
Consumer Duty is a hot topic across the mortgage industry, with the implementation date...
27 July 2023
The proximity of a General Election won’t improve market efficiency
Understandably, there is a lot of political heat being placed under the current mortgage...
23 July 2023
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COMMENT
Later Life
Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high
Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...
1 July 2026
How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache
We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...
1 July 2026
A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy
Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...
30 June 2026
With great power comes great responsibility
There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...
25 June 2026
Don’t rein me in
For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...
25 June 2026
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Later Life
Later life lending group launches
Sovereign Life Group has been formed to bring together established specialist businesses from across...
1 July 2026
Later Life
Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high
Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s...
1 July 2026
Energy efficiency
Least efficient homes face £591 bill rise after price cap hike
With the energy price cap increasing by 13% today, new analysis from Rightmove, shows...
1 July 2026
News
Accord introduces specialist underwriting support for larger loans
Accord Mortgages has introduced a dedicated larger loans service designed to support brokers handling...
1 July 2026
PROFILES
Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate
Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom
Profile: Andrew Lloyd, CEO of Fignum