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Vida unveils flexible buy-to-let mortgage

Specialist lender Vida has launched a flexible mortgage product designed for potential buy-to-let investors...

TMA maintains 2019 lending volumes despite Covid-19

TMA Club's total lending figures between January and August 2020 were consistent with the...

Uinsure appoints chief commercial officer

Martin Schultheiss has joined Uinsure as its new chief commercial officer. Schultheiss was formerly group...

Landbay reduces Special Edition two-year rates

Landbay has cut the rate on its Special Edition two-year fixed rates for both...

Government debt collection practices slammed as “deeply flawed”

StepChange Debt Charity has submitted a critique on government debt collection practices in response...

LiveMore moves into house purchase market

LiveMore Capital has extended Retirement Interest Only (RIO) product range to include purchase mortgage...

Shared ownership increasing in popularity

The Leeds Building Society has revealed that wannabe homeowners are turning to shared ownership...

Covid-19 not putting off acquisitive landlords

Research commissioned by The Mortgage Lender has fond that landlords are still looking to...

Historic lows for equity release rates

The Equity Release Council has reported that average rates for equity release products reached...

Pepper Money lifts cap on CCJs and defaults

Pepper Money has made changes to the credit criteria across its whole range. The specialist...

L&G Mortgage Club sees 18% increase in overall buy-to-let searches

Legal & General Mortgage Club has reported increasing demand among first-time buyers who want...

Key creates head of sales and operations role

Equity release advisory firm Key has boosted its estate planning team with the recruitment...

Pepper Money joins PRIMIS lender panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has added Pepper Money to its lender panel. Appointed Representatives (ARs) of...

Knowledge Bank launches bank statement webinar

Knowledge Bank has teamed up with Precise Mortgages and Kent Reliance to launch a...

COMMENT

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...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

LendInvest appoints Darrell Walker to lead mortgage division

LendInvest has appointed Darrell Walker as managing director of mortgages as the specialist lender...

Equity release lending rises 4% as new customer numbers recover

Equity release lending rose to £597m in the second quarter of 2026 as new...

October Budget puts mortgage market on alert

Chancellor John Healey will deliver the first Budget of Andy Burnham’s premiership on Wednesday...

Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

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