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Knowledge Bank: Covid-19 searches most popular in March

Knowledge Bank’ has revealed that ‘Covid-19 Mortgage Payment Holidays’ was the most searched for...

UTB unveils digital security checks

United Trust Bank has introduced a new digital security check process for its first...

Knowledge Bank expands Covid-19 feed

Knowledge Bank has added second charges and bridging to its Covid-19 live feed as...

FCA proposes temporary consumer credit relief

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a range of targeted temporary measures designed...

FLA reports January new business growth

New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that FLA members...

SMG offers free CRM migration to other packagers

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) is offering other packagers access to its online CRM with...

UTB sees 21% increase in new lending in 2019

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported a 21% increase in new lending in 2019,...

20th partnership for Loans Warehouse loan API

Loans Warehouse has announced the 20th partnership for its personal loan API, which provides...

All change in top five equity release criteria searches

Knowledge Bank's February criteria index has shown a number of surprise results with some sectors...

Freedom Finance and Optimum Credit use identity passporting service

Clients applying for a second charge mortgage with Optimum Credit via Freedom Finance can...

Openwork expands specialist lending panel

Openwork is expanding its specialist lending panel with the addition of new providers for...

Crystal Specialist Finance partners with Beneficial network

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has been appointed to the Beneficial network panel to deliver...

First 4 Bridging adds Castle Trust to panel

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the addition of Castle Trust to...

Shawbrook provides £500k second charge

Shawbrook Bank has provided a second charge loan, totalling £500,000, in order to save...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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