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UTB revamps first and second charge residential ranges

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has introduced rate reductions as part of...

Pepper Money unveils second charge ‘Payout Before Consent’

Pepper Money has launched Payout Before Consent on its second charge mortgages, enabling the...

Lenders expecting household defaults to spike

20 of the country's largest lenders are expecting an additional £788 million in credit...

14% rise in second charge mortgage searches

Searches for second charge mortgages increased by 14% year-on-year in 2023, according to data...

Brightstar renews Source deal with Twenty7tec

The Brightstar Group has renewed its Source license agreement with technology provider, Twenty7tec. The...

Pepper adds e-signatures for second charges

Pepper Money can now accept e-signatures on second charge mortgage offer documents, including the...

UTB introduces new second charge binding offer process

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries is seeking to cut second charge loan...

Selina Finance cuts rates following new funding

Selina Finance has secured two new funding lines, one with Vanquis Bank and the...

UTB launches product transfer process for first and second charges

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has launched product transfer options for its...

Enra Specialist Finance completes fourth securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance has completed its fourth public securitisation, Elstree 4. The transaction comprises...

Truffle Specialist Finance partners with Cornerstone Network

Mortgage network Cornerstone has chosen Truffle Specialist Finance as its exclusive packager partner for...

Truffle secures £500k second charge with Pepper Money

Truffle Specialist Finance has completed a £500,000 second charge mortgage with Pepper Money, used...

Tandem reduces second charge rates by up to 90bps

Tandem has reduced its residential second charge mortgage products by up to 90 basis...

Unsecured debt rising for those with adverse credit

43% of people with adverse credit say their level of debt has increased in...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

The Cambridge has relaunched a selection of fixed rate mortgage products, including interest-only options...

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

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