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New max 90% LTV Help to Buy remortgage from Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) from 80...

New 50% LTV buy-to-let deals from TMW

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is launching a range of new 50% loan to value (LTV)...

The Melton joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added the Melton Building Society, and its subsidiary, MBS Lending,...

Fewer landlords remortgaging for portfolio expansion

The proportion of landlords remortgaging is coming close to record levels, according to Paragon's...

UK expats being stung by “punitive” transaction costs

It has been claimed that UK expats acquiring buy-to-let property back home are typically...

RBS’s CFO quits

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) has announced that Ewen Stevenson has resigned...

Aldermore funds recruitment firm’s growth

Yorkshire based Mynt Recruitment has agreed a £825,000 invoice finance funding package with Aldermore,...

House price growth stalling in southern cities

Sellers in southern England are having to accept greater discounts on their asking prices...

UK’s first fully digital mortgage settlement hailed

Shieldpay and My Home Move’s law firm subsidiary, Premier Property Lawyers, with the support...

Thomson departs as TML expands sales team

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has appointed three more business development managers (BDMs) and created...

Reward Finance deal return pubs to family

Three well-known pubs on the east coast have returned to family ownership, following the...

Computershare to carry on B&B administration despite sale

Computershare Loan Services is to continue to administer 45,000 Bradford & Bingley mortgages transferring...

Market swinging back toward sellers

NAEA Propertymark has reported that demand from prospective buyers grew by 9% in April. On...

Bank of Mum & Dad to lend nearly £6bn in 2018

Legal & General and Cebr has reported that the Bank of Mum and Dad...

COMMENT

Plugging the first-time buyer knowledge gap

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself down at my local, surrounded by family, friends and the usual mix of conversation. Among the...

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

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Family Building Society cuts minimum property value to £75k

Family Building Society has lowered its minimum property value from £120,000 to £75,000 across...

360 Lifecycle adds Checkmyfile credit reporting link

360 Lifecycle has partnered with Checkmyfile to give advisers access to clients’ multi-agency credit...

Barclays cuts rates and launches sub-4% Premier tracker

Barclays will cut selected mortgage rates from Thursday 30 April and launch a Premier...

Millennials still locked out of homeownership

Only 5% of millennials have reached the life milestones they expected as teenagers, according...

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