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Mortgage Brain begins Affordability Hub rollout

Mortgage Brain is rolling out its affordability-based sourcing solution Affordability Hub following a pilot. Affordability...

Hodge to hold broker Q&A on Covid-19

Hodge is hosting a live 15-minute lending update for brokers on Wednesday (13 May). The...

Beaumont becomes The Mortgage Lender CEO following FCA approval

Peter Beaumont has secured regulatory approval for his appointment as The Mortgage Lender's new...

Gatehouse Bank appoints BDM for the North

Gatehouse Bank has appointed Chris Proudfoot as business development manager (BDM) for the North...

The Leeds provides financial education for pupils

The Leeds Building Society is sharing new learning resources with its members, colleagues and...

LV= issues six-month equity release rate guarantee

LV= has introduced a six-month interest rate guarantee on its equity release applications. For any...

Landlord partners with Property Tribes

Lendlord has joined forces with Property Tribes to provide landlords with a portfolio management...

The Buckinghamshire introduces AVMs for remortgages

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has simplified its current mortgage range and launched new products....

Roma Finance offers bridge-to-term product

Roma Finance is providing a bridge-to-term product to offer borrowers peace of mind when...

Asset finance new business down 28%

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

OSB moves to 70% LTV ceiling on BTL and residential

OneSavings Bank has announced "enhanced" lending options. Precise Mortgages recently extended its range of products to...

May off to ‘flying start’ for remortgages, says LMS

Conveyancing solutions provider, LMS, has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through...

Key appoints group technology director

Key Group has promoted Jack Neary to the position of group technology director. Neary (pictured)...

MFS: we’ve lent £18m during lockdown

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed 22 bridging loans during the Covid-19 lockdown period,...

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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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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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