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Secure Trust Bank improves self-employed criteria

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages will now consider net profit as part of its affordability...

Sainsbury’s Bank moves into buy-to-let

Sainsbury’s Bank has launched new buy-to-let (BTL) products solely available via brokers. The new products...

Magellan Homeloans to pay proc fees on exchange of contracts

Magellan Homeloans has stated that it will pay procuration fees at exchange of contracts with...

Pepper Money reduces buy-to-let rates and fees

Pepper Money has made changes to its buy-to-let range, reducing rates by up to...

TMW adds new 10-year deal and cuts tracker rates

The Mortgage Works has cut rates for two-year tracker mortgages by up to 0.45 percentage...

Magellan Homeloans partners with Connect for Intermediaries

Magellan Homeloans has partnered with Connect for Intermediaries, joining the panel of both its...

SmartSearch moves into new offices in Ilkley

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch have moved into brand new offices in Ilkley, Yorkshire. SmartSearch’s Anti-Money...

Fastest rising rents in the South West

Your Move's latest Rental Tracker has found that the South West was the fastest...

Pure Retirement becomes LLA Ambassador

AIR Sourcing has revealed that Pure Retirement has become the first provider to plug into...

Twenty7Tec launches equity release sourcing

Twenty7Tec has unveiled what it claims to be the UK’s first "truly blended" sourcing...

Slight fall in house prices

Office for National Statistics' March data shows, on average, house prices have fallen by...

FTBs changing financial behaviour in desire to buy first home

Millennials are making tactical changes to their financial behaviour to help them get on...

Secure Trust Bank extends new build offer period

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has increased its offer period for customers buying a new...

Mobile insurance more popular than critical illness cover

Scottish Widows has found that despite 21% of people admitting their household wouldn’t survive...

COMMENT

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...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

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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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