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Mansfield BS improves shared ownership affordability

Mansfield Building Society has reduced the rate on its two-year fixed rate shared ownership...

Vida unveils new key worker mortgage

Vida has made a number of changes to its criteria to broaden its product...

Average FTB age now over 30 in every region of UK

First-time buyer numbers increased at a record rate (up 35%) to 409,370 despite low...

Four in 10 renters would buy the property if possible

42% of those renting a home would like to buy it from their landlord...

Newcastle BS expands First Homes range

Newcastle Building Society is expanding the availability of its popular First Homes product range...

MTF Affordability upgrades research platform

Mortgage Broker Tools has upgraded its affordability research platform, adding bespoke calculations for borrowers...

Platform cuts higher LTV rates

Platform has made interest rate reductions to a number of its higher LTV mortgage...

Clydesdale unveils rate reductions at 85-95% LTV

Clydesdale Bank has reduced the rates on products between 85-95% loan to value (LTV). Selected...

First-time buyer demand remains buoyant

First-time buyer mortgage demand stayed high in October and November, according to data from...

Majority of adverse customers want mortgage broker help

Over half of customers with adverse credit looking to buy a property say they...

December 12% busier for mortgage searches year-on-year

Twenty7Tec has published its monthly findings from the UK mortgage market for December. Remortgages totalled...

The Nottingham cuts higher LTV rates

The Nottingham has announced rate reductions of up to 70bps across its residential range. Its...

Legal & General Mortgage Club adds Generation Home to panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has expanded its proposition with the addition of Generation...

Increase in JBSP broker mortgage searches

Knowledge Bank's latest criteria activity index has found that brokers in the residential market were...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Assetz Capital cuts refurb and dev exit loan rates

Assetz Capital has repriced its refurbishment, regeneration and development exit loans, with all borrower...

London Credit strengthens Midlands presence with new BDM hire

London Credit has expanded its regional footprint with the appointment of Sophie Jones-Trutwein as...

Keystone joins LMS Panel Link to widen conveyancing access

Keystone Property Finance has become the latest lender to adopt LMS’s Panel Link and...

The Darlington relaunches foreign currency mortgages

Darlington Building Society has reintroduced foreign currency mortgages to its intermediary range, to support...