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Invoice finance and asset-based lending up 5%

UK Finance has reported that invoice finance and asset-based lending stood at £23.4 billion...

Leeds Building Society’s charity partnerships boosted at AGM

Members have raised £9,617 for Leeds Building Society’s charity partners by casting votes as...

Paymentshield improves landlord insurance offering

Paymentshield has made changes to its landlord insurance product and revealed it will now...

Skipton Intermediaries offers twitter based customer service function

Skipton Intermediaries has added a new twitter account, purely to offer broker focussed customer service. It...

The Ipswich unveils pair of gifted deposit deals

The Ipswich Building Society has introduced two dedicated gifted deposit products, extending its criteria...

Octane Capital recruits internal business development manager

Adam Ware has joined Octane Capital as internal business development manager.  Ware (pictured) joins from Commercial...

Shawbrook Commercial hires lending manager

Shawbrook Bank has revealed that Stewart Paine has joined the commercial property team as...

New chair for the Coventry

The Coventry Building Society has announces it intends to appoint Gary Hoffman as non-executive...

UK ‘celebrates’ Mortgage Freedom Day

Today is the day that homeowners have earned sufficient, on average, to cover their...

Six regions set new peak average house prices

The latest house price index from LSL Property Services/Acadata has revealed that the rate...

Four lenders confirmed at Clever Lending specialist forums

Clever Lending has announced the four specialist lenders who will be participating at its upcoming...

Brexit fears hitting asset finance sector

67% of brokers operating in the asset finance sector think that Brexit is causing...

Over one-third of SMEs think UK should remain in Single Market

Confidence among the the country's smallest companies has recovered to 2015 levels, according to...

House price growth still outpaces wages across most of the south

Halifax research has ascertained that properties in almost one in five UK local authority districts (LADs)...

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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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Skipton targets brokers with ‘yes-led’ push

Skipton Building Society has launched a new intermediary proposition aimed at improving access to lending...

MPC call ‘not the headline’ says Loan.co.uk chief

Ahead of this week’s Bank of England decision the focus for brokers should be...

Paragon adds limited edition 75% LTV buy-to-let fixes

Paragon Bank has launched six limited edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let products, including new...

Kensington cuts buy-to-let rates across core range

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, including its Prime, Core...

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