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Wealthy borrowers favour liquidity as specialist lending grows

High-net-worth borrowers are increasingly using finance to preserve liquidity and manage their wider wealth...

Q&A: Charlotte Grimshaw, Suffolk Building Society

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Charlotte Grimshaw, head of intermediaries at Suffolk Building...

Market Harborough cuts fixed mortgage rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.23% across...

Afin Bank expands broker reach with L&C Mortgages panel appointment

Afin Bank has added L&C Mortgages to its broker panel as it looks to...

Afin Bank promotes Rob Lankey to chief commercial officer

Afin Bank has promoted Rob Lankey to chief commercial officer, with responsibility for the...

Visionary Finance arranges £25.5m private bank loan on Holland Park home

Visionary Finance has completed a £25.5 million facility for an ultra-high-net-worth borrower, secured against...

Investec hires relationship manager to expand City Professionals team

Investec Bank has appointed Hannah Oades as relationship manager within its City Professionals team...

Luxury asset lending soars 260%

Demand from high-net-worth buyers to finance property purchases using luxury assets has surged by...

Afin Bank appoints Anum Mahmood to national key account role

Afin Bank has appointed Anum Mahmood as national key account manager, as the specialist...

Afin cuts rates on high-net-worth range by up to 1.66%

Afin Bank has reduced pricing across its high-net-worth mortgage range, cutting rates by as...

Investec survey shows rising confidence among high-net-worth mortgage brokers

Mortgage brokers operating in the high-net-worth market are increasingly optimistic about growth prospects over...

Griffin appointed chief risk officer at Afin Bank

Afin Bank has appointed Rebecca Griffin as chief risk officer as it continues to...

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates across residential and let ranges

Market Harborough Building Society has cut rates across its fixed-rate mortgage range, with reductions...

Opus First Media launches Bridging Soup

Opus First Media has expanded its specialist publishing portfolio with the launch of Bridging...
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COMMENT

Comment

Bank Rate holds, but the pressure is building

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) last month at 3.75% provides another period of stability for the mortgage market,...

How are we supporting the next generation of first-time buyers?

With GCSE and A-level results out over the last fortnight, it feels like the right moment to ask a question the industry doesn't spend...

Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos

In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

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News

Regions share £10bn allocation for 70,000 affordable homes

More than 70,000 social and affordable homes are to be built across six English...
Appointments

Amanda Bryden appointed to lead Accord Mortgages

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Amanda Bryden as director of distribution and incoming managing...
marketing

TMG backs Rotherham United Women in shirt sponsorship deal

TMG Financial Services has agreed a partnership with Rotherham United Women FC to become...
Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages adds fixed-fee options to limited-edition range

ModaMortgages has expanded its limited-edition buy-to-let range with new fixed and percentage-based product fee...

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