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The Mortgage Lender unveils buy-to-let proposition

The Mortgage Lender has launched its buy-to-let range, which will be available through 11...

LendInvest integrates with Stripe

LendInvest has expanded upon its existing partnership with Stripe to help streamline the loan...

Positive Lending deal saves client £500k

Positive Lending has arranged a £17 million development finance facility with Aldermore.  Funding was...

Together reports record lending for Q1

Together has announced record levels of lending in its quarterly results to 31 March...

The West Brom launches new assisted mortgage

The West Brom has expanded its product range to include a new type of...

FSE: more later life lending advisers will be needed

The later life lending sector has sufficient advisers to cope with demand at present...

FSE: regulator pressured over mortgage cost comparison data

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was repeatedly asked to justify its mortgage cost comparison...

Just Mortgages creates new operations manager position

Just Mortgages is expanding its senior management team with the appointment of an operation...

Complete FS to hold Silver Jubilee Expo

Complete FS celebrates its 25th year of continuous service to the intermediary market this year and...

TMW unveils portfolio landlord mortgage range

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has launched a dedicated mortgage range for larger portfolio landlords...

Remortgaging levels softened in March

There was a small increase in lending to first-time buyers in March compared to...

Hampshire Trust Bank extends BTL and HMO lending criteria

 Hampshire Trust Bank has altered the lending criteria on its buy-to-let and home in...

Melton BS exclusive for L&G Mortgage Club

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced an exclusive shared ownership offering with Melton...

Atom Bank unveils first-time buyer range

Atom Bank is expanding its range of mortgages, launching new first-time buyer products and...

COMMENT

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

In a week that saw more than 20 lenders reduce their fixed mortgage rates,...

Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

Mortgage industry figures are urging the government to review stamp duty for first-time buyers...

L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...

West Brom reduces rates by up to 0.18%

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its two-year fixed purchase mortgage range,...

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