Mortgages

Halifax Intermediaries improves self-employed policy

Halifax Intermediaries has reduced the income information required for self-employed customers from three to...

Halifax offers new cashback deal

Halifax is giving first-time buyers, homemovers and remortgage customers £750 cashback on qualifying mortgages. Free...

Y3S Group rebrands to Specialist Mortgage Group

South Wales-based finance group Y3S has become the Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG). It consists of...

Keystone selects eTech’s Buy to Let Hub

Risk software supplier eTech is to provide Keystone Property Finance with a solution to...

Vida celebrates first anniversary

In the 12 months since Vida Homeloans launched its specialist residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Paradigm updates buy-to-let lender matrix

Paradigm Mortgage Services has stated that following the 30 September PRA portfolio landlord underwriting changes,...

Record lending month for Landbay

Landbay has reported that it lent £6.31m across 31 mortgages in September, a record month of...

New range from Pepper Money

Pepper Money has revamped its mortgage range and introduced a new online portal. The lender,...

Small deposit borrowers increasing market share

E.surv has reported that mortgage approvals during August were significantly higher than on the...

Positive Lending sponsoring GB triathlete

Packager Positive Lending is sponsoring Lee Godber, an athlete selected to represent the GB...

Buildloan joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced that BuildLoan, the provider of construction-based finance, has been added...

Knowledge Bank introduces affordability calculators

Mortgage criteria search system Knowledge Bank has added affordability calculators for every lender on...

GWlegal issues remortgage guarantee

GWlegal has launched a "cast-iron" remortgage guarantee, where the fee quoted on day one...

Accord to pull its record low fixed rate

Accord Mortgages is to withdraw its record low 0.99% two-year fixed rate mortgage at 8pm...
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COMMENT

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...

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banks

FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

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

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

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

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...
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Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

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

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