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Sedgwick succeeds Rowntree as Paragon’s mortgages MD

Paragon Bank has announced the appointment of Louisa Sedgwick as managing director of its...

Record yields and robust tenant demand benefitting landlords

Foundation Home Loans has reported that average rental yields have reached a 10-year high...

Brokers offered real opportunity from unencumbered rental properties

Brightstar Financial has published a video which argues that unencumbered rental properties present a...

Foundation Home Loans launches fee-assisted residential ‘specials’

Foundation Home Loans has reduced rates across its ‘buy-to-let by Foundation’ and ‘Residential by...

The Mortgage Lender reduces its buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced further rate reductions across its buy-to-let products and...

Rental yields reach 10-year high

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report has revealed that rental yields reported by landlords have...

Five new faces at Catalyst

Specialist lender Catalyst has expanded its lending team with five new hires. Appointments have...

Landlords could benefit from growing market of ‘forever renters’

Like the rest of the housing market, the rental sector has been under increasing...

Landbay unveils new two-year deals amid rate cuts

Landbay has announced further rate reductions across its standard fixed product range, along with...

LendInvest Mortgages adds £350 BTL cashback option

LendInvest Mortgages has introduced new incentives for its buy-to-let mortgage range. Customers can now receive...

Foundation brands cut rates and add limited edition HMO product

The buy to let brand of specialist lender, Foundation Home Loans, has announced a...

LHV Bank doubles size of loan book

LHV Bank's UK lending portfolio now totals £140 million. At the end of 2023, the...

Paragon Bank unveils edition BTL fixes

Paragon Bank has launched four new limited edition five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages. The...

Mansfield BS moves into Scottish BTL market

Mansfield Building Society has announced its launch into the Scottish buy-to-let market. The lender will...

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The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

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Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...

Later life lending summit to focus on changing advice needs

Mortgage advisers will be encouraged to consider how longer borrowing lives and increasingly complex...

National Friendly launches mortgage-linked income protection cover

National Friendly has launched a short-term income protection product designed to cover mortgage payments...

Side hustles helping first-time buyers reach deposit targets sooner

Almost two-thirds of prospective first-time buyers are using additional sources of income to help...