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Signature Property Finance makes senior appointments

Short-term property finance provider Signature Property Finance has announced the appointments of chairman David...

Paymentshield expands three-month payment holiday offer

Paymentshield has extended its three-month payment holiday offer to include new, as well as existing, home insurance customers.  The move is...

Knowledge Bank: Covid continues to dominate criteria searches

Knowledge Bank’s criteria tracker has revealed that Covid-19 continued to dominate the attention of...

Hope Capital unveils discounted rate deal

Hope Capital has launched a new product to provide borrowers with control and flexibility...

Accord relaunches 80% LTV buy-to-let

On Friday 5 June Accord Buy To Let is relaunching its product range at...

LV= processes £3.7m in coronavirus claims

LV= has handled £3.7m in coronavirus-related income protection and death claims to 470 individuals...

Hanley Economic BS strengthens SMT and board

The Hanley Economic Building Society has made two additions to its senior leadership team...

New CEO for Age Partnership

Equity release provider, Age Partnership Group, has appointed Steve Auckland as its new CEO. Auckland...

Kensington ups LTV to 80% and resumes HTB & buy-to-let

Kensington Mortgages has resumed 80% LTV lending across its residential Select, Core, Young Professional...

OSB lenders to honour product a case was initially submitted on

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, Precise Mortgages and InterBay Commercial have stated all buy-to-let and...

Catalyst resumes 75% CMV bridging

Catalyst Property Finance is launching a new range of short-term finance options for standard...

Zephyr Homeloans unveils buy-to-let up to 75% LTV

Zephyr Homeloans has launched its new range of buy-to-let mortgage products offering up to...

Taking a joined-up approach to later life financial planning

BestAdvice’s later life lending survey provides some fascinating insights into the later life lending...

Rising to the challenge

It’s safe to say that we’re currently living in unprecedented and changeable times, and...

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,...

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First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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