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Castle Trust cuts rates by 0.25 points

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates on all of its term products by 0.25...

Legal & General launches criteria and affordability tool

Legal & General has unveiled SmartrFit, a mortgage criteria search tool and affordability calculator...

New CEO at Target Group

Target Group has announced that Dr Roger Newman has been appointed as its chief...

Metro Bank reduces BTL stress test rate

Metro Bank has made changes to its criteria for buy-to-let lending. The bank has reduced...

Knowledge Bank: people desperate to get on the property ladder

Knowledge Bank has revealed the details of the leading criteria searches made on its...

Asset finance market down 11%

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that total asset finance new business...

FCA bans sex offender trio

Three individuals who have received jail sentences for various sex offences have been banned...

Record month for Funding 365

Funding 365 has reported that October was its biggest month to date, with loan...

The Newcastle selects Key Group for referrals

Key Group has agreed a referral partnership with Newcastle Building Society. The building society...

Paradigm issues self-employed lending guide

Paradigm Mortgage Services  has launched a new ebook for advisers called ‘Lending to the self-employed’. The...

Buy-to-let rate cuts at Pepper Money

Pepper Money has reduced rates on a selection of its buy-to-let mortgage products. The specialist...

MCI expands lender panel with mutual appointment

MCI mortgage club has added the Buckinghamshire Building Society to its panel. The club said...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints head of sales & marketing

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Reece Beddall as its new head of sales...

Smartr365 agrees digital ID verification partnership

Mortgage platform, Smartr365, has signed a new exclusive partnership with Digidentity, a digital ID provider. Smartr365...

COMMENT

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...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

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Mortgage industry cycle challenge raises £26k for children and homelessness charities

Mortgage industry leaders have raised £26,002 for two charities after cycling 472 miles from...

MTD pressure prompts 22% of landlords to consider quitting

More than one in five UK landlords have considered leaving the rental market as...

MortgageMatch launches AI-ready broker directory

MortgageMatch.org has launched a consumer-facing platform designed to make finding and comparing mortgage brokers...

Virgin Money cuts new business rates and ups buy-to-let PT rates

Virgin Money is to reduce a range of purchase and remortgage fixed rates while...

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