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Fiduciam expects further £200m of CBILS loan requests

Short-term lender Fiduciam expects to receive at least another £200 million of requests for Coronavirus...

Lenders expect mortgage pricing to rise over Q4

The Bank of England has revealed that lenders reported demand for secured lending for...

Aviva launches new ‘Mid-Life MOT’ app

53% of people in their mid-life have never calculated when they can afford to...

No change in affordability gap

The affordability gap, where no lender is able to meet the loan amount requested...

Sirius expands down under

Sirius Property Finance is opening of an office in New Zealand. Robert Collins, a...

30% of older women think Covid will cause personal debt rise

New research has found that 33% of women aged over 54 who have taken...

Zephyr Homeloans joins Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club

Zephyr Homeloans has joined the panel of Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club. Members of the direct-to-lender...

Just Mortgages reports record month

September was Just Mortgages' best ever month for both applications and exchanges in September....

Brokers outline their frustrations with lenders

Many brokers share similar frustrations, focused on lenders’ frequent changes to products, rates and...

Covid: IGF provides £65m in new lending

Asset-based lender Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has so far provided £65 million of new lending...

Over 90% of FTBs say they need guidance

92% of first-time buyers have admired they will need guidance when purchasing a home...

Funding 365 unveils stepped bridge from 0.59%

Funding 365 has launched a new residential bridging product with a stepped interest rate...

MAB strikes deal with Moneyfacts

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is to be Moneyfacts.co.uk’s preferred mortgage broker. The initial launch of...

Leeds BS’ Dementia UK partnership raises £100k

The Leeds Building Society has revealed that its national charity partnership with Dementia UK...

COMMENT

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,...

Buyers are already reacting to a Budget nobody has written

Andy Burnham ruled out changes to stamp duty on 27 July, a week into the job and days after reports that the government was...

The tech question is how, not if, we can use it

Recent adviser research from Nottingham Building Society underlines the appetite for greater use of technology across the mortgage process. The vast majority (89%) of...

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

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Nationwide trims fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.19 points

Nationwide is cutting fixed mortgage rates for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage customers...

Walbrook launches mortgage adviser apprenticeship pathway

Walbrook Institute London has expanded its apprenticeship offering with a new Level 3 pathway...

Mortgage Advice Bureau combines new-build businesses under Meridian Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau has completed the integration of three specialist new-build mortgage businesses into...

UTB restores 90% LTV second charge lending and cuts rates

United Trust Bank has reintroduced residential second charge lending at up to 90% loan-to-value...

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