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LV= resumes physical valuations for equity release

LV= is reintroducing physical valuations for new equity release customers, allowing them to resume...

Paymentshield expands three-month payment holiday offer

Paymentshield has extended its three-month payment holiday offer to include new, as well as existing, home insurance customers.  The move is...

Knowledge Bank: Covid continues to dominate criteria searches

Knowledge Bank’s criteria tracker has revealed that Covid-19 continued to dominate the attention of...

Accord relaunches 80% LTV buy-to-let

On Friday 5 June Accord Buy To Let is relaunching its product range at...

LV= processes £3.7m in coronavirus claims

LV= has handled £3.7m in coronavirus-related income protection and death claims to 470 individuals...

Kensington ups LTV to 80% and resumes HTB & buy-to-let

Kensington Mortgages has resumed 80% LTV lending across its residential Select, Core, Young Professional...

OSB lenders to honour product a case was initially submitted on

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, Precise Mortgages and InterBay Commercial have stated all buy-to-let and...

Catalyst resumes 75% CMV bridging

Catalyst Property Finance is launching a new range of short-term finance options for standard...

Platform reintroduces lending at 80% LTV

Platform is reintroducing mortgage products up to 80% LTV for homebuyers looking to purchase a...

New LendInvest bridging range up to 75% LTV

LendInvest has updated its unregulated bridging product suite relaunching higher LTVs up to 75%. Residential...

Covid causes huge slump in mortgage approvals

The Bank of England has revealed that March saw the number of mortgage approvals...

Habito resumes 75% LTV buy-to-let

Habito has added to its buy-to-let range with purchase and remortgage products with up...

Nationwide reports largest monthly house price fall in 11 years

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices fell by 1.7% over...

FCA confirms support for mortgage customers with temporary payment difficulties

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the support firms should give to mortgage...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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