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TSB to offer 95% LTV mortgages next month 

TSB Bank has become to the latest lender to signal a 95% loan to...

The Skipton rejoins 95% LTV mortgage lending space

The Skipton Building Society has launched two new deals as it  re-enters the 95% mortgage...

HSBC cuts rates and extends higher LTV borrowing

HSBC UK has reduced 20 mortgage rates, with cuts of up to 0.1 percentage...

Bank of Ireland moves back into 95% LTV mortgage space

Bank of Ireland UK is returning to the 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage...

New shared ownership mortgage application process unveiled

A new service from Experian and the New Homes Group is promising brokers to have the...

Accord to reintroduce 95% LTV mortgage

Accord Mortgages is to return to the 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage market...

Bucks BS joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services added the Buckinghamshire Building Society to its lender panel. Paradigm member...

Improvement in first-time buyer affordability

The average maximum loan available to first-time buyers recovered in February, according to the...

BUDGET 2021: mortgage guarantee scheme confirmed

Following newspaper headlines over the weekend, the government has confirmed that it will be...

BUDGET 2021: Stamp duty holiday extended

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has confirmed the extension of the Stamp Duty Holiday until...

YBS unveils new first-time buyer deals

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched two new mortgages exclusively for people taking their...

Virgin Money improves 90% offering

Virgin Money has made changes to its 90% LTV products. It has also made changes...

Skipton to launch new mortgages for government help schemes

The Skipton Building Society is launching a series of products linked to Government help...

United Trust Bank unveils first-time buyer deals

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a range of first-time buyer residential mortgages. The products are...

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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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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...