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Foundation Home Loans refines BTL criteria following EPC regulations

Foundation Home Loans has made changes to its buy-to-let criteria for borrowers, in response...

LSL subsidiary invests £2.5m in RSC New Homes

Your-move.co.uk Limited, a member of the LSL Property Services plc (LSL) group of companies...

TSB doubles cashback offering

TSB Bank has increased its cashback offer for home buyers with 85-95% LTV products...

The Midlands surges in buy-to-let index

The latest LendInvest Buy-to-Let Index report has revealed that Colchester tops the buy-to-let index table...

New investment round for Landbay

Landbay is opening its latest equity funding round to new investors through the Seedrs...

Nationwide: house price growth “subdued”

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house price growth remained broadly stable in...

IMLA predicts 2018-19 growth in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in 2018 has been predicted to rise for the eighth year...

TFC upgrades 1APP with new case management system

TFC Homeloans is adding upgraded features to its DIP, application and case management system...

Precise secured loan exclusive for SimplyBiz Mortgages and L&G club members

Legal & General Mortgage Club and SimplyBiz Mortgages have secured an exclusive second charge...

Syms and Juniper joins FIBA Executive Committee

FIBA has announced the appointment of Connect for Intermediaries' CEO, Liz Syms, and Only...

Platform significantly expands service operation

Platform has added 14 new roles to its service team as it looks to...

The Teachers unveils new member benefits scheme

The Teachers Building Society has announced the launch of its new benefits scheme. As part of...

New name for Hampshire Trust Bank’s mortgage brand

Hampshire Trust Bank has unveiled Specialist Mortgages as the new name for its commercial...

Newcastle Intermediaries adds Help to Buy and BTL to self-employed offering

Newcastle intermediaries has extended its self employed product range to include both Help to...

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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Japanese knotweed ‘knocks £21.4bn off UK housing market’

Japanese knotweed is wiping an estimated £21.4 billion from UK property values, with more...

Fleet Mortgages names new managing director

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Nicola Richardson as its new managing director. Richardson (pictured) has been...

The Monmouthshire goes live with Phoebus mortgage servicing system

Monmouthshire Building Society has gone live with Phoebus to support mortgage account servicing as...

NatWest completes first PEXA remortgage in two working days

NatWest has completed its first remortgage transaction through PEXA’s digital property completion platform within...

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