Mortgages

Brightstar marks World Mental Health Awareness Day

Brightstar staff joined together on Tuesday (10 October) to raise awareness and raise funds...

New 50% LTV deals from TMW

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is expanding its 50% loan to value (LTV) range of mortgages. New...

Hometrack wins Foundation Home Loans contract

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Hometrack to provide Automated Valuation Model (AVM) services for its...

New fees-assisted remortgage deals from Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has unveiled a fees-assisted remortgage product range for residential and standard buy-to-let...

FP Show publishes conference programme

The Finance Professional Show, which has full CPD accreditation, has outlined its conference programme. It...

65,000 pensioners could lose mortgage help

Royal London has issued a stark warning over government changes to mortgage payment assistance.  The...

Vida Homeloans unveils online buy-to-let calculator

Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of its new online buy-to-let affordability calculator. In...

Black Book Finance expands BDM team

Andy Morgan has joined Black Book finance as its business development manager  for the...

TML partners with Intrinsic

Intrinsic has become The Mortgage Lender’s (TML) latest network partner.  The Swindon-based firm was established...

Landbay teams up with property risk software developer

Landbay has partnered with property risk software developer eTech to implement its new online...

End of the Mortgage Trust brand

Paragon has merged its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages buy-to-let product range under a...

Remortgagors locking into record low rates

LMS has reported that the number of remortgagors increased by 11% in August to...

Paul Nye to retire from 
Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group has announced that Paul Nye, its director of business partnerships, will retire...

Equity release an option for portfolio landlords?

Retirement Advantage has claimed that landlords affected by the new PRA mortgage affordability checks could still...

COMMENT

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Latest news

FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk...

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