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Dudley Building Society rebrands

The Dudley Building Society has introduced its new branding. It includes a new logo featuring the...

Landbay cuts all rates in buy-to-let range

Landbay has made changes to its whole buy-to-let offering, reducing rates on all products. It...

Shawbrook reduces buy-to-let rates

Shawbrook has cut rates across its buy-to-let product range by up to 0.55 percentage...

The Mortgage Lender unveils new residential range

The Mortgage Lender has introduced new purchase and remortgage products for employed, self-employed, contract...

Paymentshield adds LV= to lettings panel

Home insurance provider Paymentshield has announced the addition of LV= to its tenants’ contents...

Change at the top of Mortgages for Business

Mortgages for Business's managing director, Steve Olejnik (pictured), is to step down. He is beginning...

Skipton re-enters 90% LTV market

The Skipton Building Society has moved back into the 90% loan to value (LTV)...

CSF: telephone account managers more important than ever

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Craig Kedian as telephone account manager for the...

Coronavirus disrupting retirement plans

Over 154,000 people aged 55-64 have decided upon early retirement because of redundancy and...

Fiduciam provides TVR with CBILS loan

Fiduciam has provided car manufacturer TVR through a further three-year £2 million loan, under...

Twenty7Tec and Brightstar renew partnership

Specialist distributor Brightstar has renewed its partnership with Twenty7Tec. This extended partnership sees Twenty7Tec...

The Chorley unveils BuildLoan exclusive

BuildLoan has launched a new low cost self build mortgage for borrowers with the...

LMS: remortgage instruction volumes back on the increase

LMS has reported a rise of 7.7% in remortgage instructions in December 2020. In its...

Virgin Money makes higher LTV rate reductions

Virgin Money has made a series of rate reductions in its residential mortgage range. The...

COMMENT

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...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

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Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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