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Aspen Bridging joins Beneficial network panel

Aspen Bridging has been appointed to Beneficial network’s specialist mortgage lender panel/ All Beneficial 120...

Virgin and Clydesdale to offer 90% LTV mortgages

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank will be launching a wider range of products supported...

Advise Wise unveils ‘instant KFI’ for Pure Retirement plans

Advise Wise has introduced an 'instant KFI' feature on its platform for all Pure...

SortRefer reports lockdown remortgage growth

SortRefer has reported a busy April and a strong start to May despite the...

West One resumes physical valuations and relaunches 70% BTL

West One Loans has updated its buy-to-let product range and is resuming physical valuations. The...

New fixed rate deals from Leek United

Leek United has launched two new fixed rate mortgage products. The new products include a...

More2Life introduces two-track valuation strategy

Equity release lender, More2Life, is now offering customers access to physical valuations as well...

The Ipswich restarts new purchase lending

The Ipswich Building Society has resumed lending for new purchases, including 90% LTV for...

VAS Panel launches project monitoring service

VAS Panel has unveiled Project Monitoring, a new service which uses its valuation panel...

AMI pleased by insurer changes following FCA guidance

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has welcomed the changes insurers have made following...

OSB lenders increase LTVs to 75%

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has unveiled a new product range across its three lending brands...

Knowledge Bank joins forces with Tenet

Tenet Group has partnered with Knowledge Bank to provide both its network members and...

CII offers support to struggling members

At the end of April approximately 2% of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s (CII) membership...

Just Group returns to physical valuations

Just's surveyor partner has recommenced physical valuations in England as of Monday 18 May. Physical...

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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