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Brilliant Solutions joins Nottingham for Intermediaries panel

The Nottingham for Intermediaries has announced the addition of Brilliant Solutions to its mortgage...

Sharp increase in second charge mortgage volumes

Second charge mortgage market volumes were up 22% in May, the the Finance &...

Asset finance market up by 6% in May

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) for deals of up to...

Holloway Friendly offers income protection resource website for advisers

Holloway Friendly have launched a new website aimed purely at advisers who sell, or...

NMBA launches mortgage adviser apprenticeship programme

The New Model Business Academy (NMBA) has announced the development of a mortgage adviser apprenticeship...

Prestige completes its largest ever second charge

Prestige Finance has completed a £1,000,000 second charge loan within three weeks. This is the...

Aldermore appoints interim business finance managing director

Aldermore has appointed Tim Boag as interim business finance managing director with overall responsibility...

Keystone joins TBMC panel

Keystone Property Finance has joined the lender panel of The Business Mortgage Company (TBMC). The...

Lender attacks “excessive” default interest rate practices

Octane Capital has criticised what it has called the practices of a growing number...

Conveyancing Association redrafts template letter for LPE1 information

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a redrafted Leasehold Template letter for firms to...

Most property investors think government is failing the market

97% of property investors don't believe the government is doing enough to support the...

Vida launches four new deals

Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of four new specialist residential and buy-to-let. The new...

Poorly prepared applications “could prove costly”

Fluent Mortgages has sounded a warning to the intermediary sector that the days when...

Major research into equity release introducers published

Key Partnerships has undergone a brand refresh, overhauling its online portal to not only...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

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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Conveyancing

Simplify’s trust gives £22,500 to nine local charities

The Simplify Charitable Trust has donated £22,500 to nine charities working in communities across...
Buy-to-let

Landlords turn to portfolio refinancing to fund expansion

More than three-quarters of landlords are considering refinancing their existing portfolios to fund further...
Specialist

LiveMore launches mortgage for homes with spray foam insulation

LiveMore has launched a mortgage designed for homeowners whose properties have become difficult to...
House prices

House price growth slows to 2.7%

Annual UK house price growth slowed to 2.7% in May, down from 3.9% in...

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