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Securitisation and new MD for Keystone

Keystone Property Finance has completed its first-ever securitisation. The £400m securitisation, Hops Hill No.1 PLC,...

Legal & General Mortgage Club expands buy-to-let panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the addition of Habito to its buy-to-let...

Loans Warehouse grows bridging team

Loans Warehouse has appointed Greg Chase to its short-term finance team. Chase was most recently...

Pure Retirement introduces Classic Range direct debit facility

Pure Retirement has launched an option for customers to self-manage their accounts as needed post-completion. The...

CSF makes development finance underwriting hire

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Adam Tauber as a specialist underwriter for development...

Coventry for Intermediaries appoints business development team manager

Coventry for Intermediaries has appointed Mark Simpkins as business development team manager. He will a...

West One Loans unveils new buy-to-let range

West One Loans has launched new a buy-to-let offering, with reduced pricing on a...

More tenants now seeking larger properties

The Deposit Protection Service's (DPS) latest quarterly Rent Index, the average monthly cost of renting...

L&G outlines top 2020 broker mortgage searches

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed the top five mortgage searches by advisers...

IMLA: expect 2021 gross mortgage lending rise

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has predicted a increase in gross mortgage lending...

Skipton introduces 1.64% fixed rate

The Skipton Building Society has unveiled a new low rate residential fixed rate mortgage. The...

MetLife unveils simplified income protection for mortgages

MetLife has introduced MortgageSafe, a new simplified income protection policy. The policy provides a...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 85% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced the rates on its two and five-year 85% LTV mortgage...

TRM appoints general insurance head

Amy Wilson has been appointed as head of general insurance at The Right Mortgage...

COMMENT

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....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

Latest news

Fairfax steps down as Catalyst CEO

Catalyst Property Finance founder Chris Fairfax is stepping down as chief executive following the...

Mortgage fraud rises across every category

Mortgage-related fraud increased across every category tracked by Cifas during the first half of...

West One adds 6.5x LTI residential tier

West One has expanded its residential mortgage and Extra second charge ranges with higher...

Barclays cuts residential rates by up to 50bps

Barclays will reduce rates across its residential purchase, remortgage and existing-customer ranges from Friday...

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