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The Leeds cuts HMO rates

The Leeds Building Society has reduced rates on its two-year fixed rate large houses...

Asset finance pricing expected to rise

United Trust Bank had revealed that 14.5% of asset finance brokers responding to its...

Master Private Finance to distribute TML products

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has been appointed to the panel of newly launched Master...

The Harpenden BS joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

The Harpenden Building Society is the latest lender to join Legal & General Mortgage...

Pepper Money completes first UK securitisation 

Pepper Money Ltd has completed its first residential mortgage backed securitisation. The UK transaction generated...

Limited company BTL purchases continue popularity rise

55% of landlords surveyed by Precise Mortgages will use limited companies for purchases, which...

Impact Specialist Finance joins TMA packager panel

Impact Specialist Finance has been added to TMA’s approved packager panel. TMA members can now...

Debt a growing issue with over-55s

Equity release adviser Key has calculated that up to half of older homeowners are...

Paragon Bank’s development finance portfolio now on Phoebus

Paragon Bank has announced the completion of the migration of its development finance lending...

Interest-only still playing important role post-MMR

Interest-only mortgages comprised 20% of new business introduced in Q2 2019, down from a...

Leek United cuts buy-to-let and residential rates

Leek United has reduced rates on a selection of mortgage products across its range. Its...

Increasing longevity creating major change in inheritance trends

An estimated £8.5 billion of inheritance wealth is now skipping a generation each year,...

Accord improves 95% LTV offering

Accord has increased the cashback offered on its range of 95% loan to value...

Saffron cuts self-employed and contractor mortgage rates

The Saffron Building Society has reduced rates and extended terms on self-employed and contractor...

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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