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The Harpenden BS joins TMA panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of the Harpenden Building Society onto its lender...

The Leeds cuts five-year buy-to-let rates

The Leeds Building Society has cut rates on a number of five year buy-to-let...

The Saffron bolsters RIO offering

The Saffron Building Society's latest addition to its Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage products...

Uinsure adds LV= Broker to panel

Uinsure has added LV= Broker to its panel of UK insurers. The panel already consists...

Legal & General acquires pension pot tracing business

Legal & General Retail Retirement (LGRR) has purchased a 100% stake in Finovation Limited,...

LendInvest secures £200m investment from NAB

LendInvest has received £200 million in investment from the National Australia Bank (NAB). LendInvest has...

Advisers need to tackle inadequate insurance cover

Assurant Intermediary has claimed that residential properties in the UK are "woefully underinsured". The firm...

Axis Bank UK revamps DIP process

Buy-to-let lender for professional landlords, Axis Bank UK, has improved its DIP submission system...

Phoebus Software hires head of sales and account management

Adam Oldfield has joined Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) as head of sales and account...

40% would prefer to extend than move home

41% of homeowners would prefer to build an extension than move house after changes...

Age Partnership offers sub-3% fixed equity release rate

Equity release adviser Age Partnership has secured exclusive access to what it claims is...

Aldermore unveils VAT loans for housebuilders and developers

Aldermore has launched VAT loans to cover the VAT due on land and property. The...

Together ups maximum age at mortgage end

Specialist lender Together has started offering new mortgages which can end when applicants reach...

ASTL to hold anti money laundering workshop

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) is hosting an anti money laundering (AML)...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

Southwest Knotweed launches identification app

Southwest Knotweed Group has launched an app designed to help mortgage and property professionals...

Broker Conveyancing launches referral hub for advisers

Broker Conveyancing has launched a referral platform intended to make it quicker for mortgage...

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

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