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Trio joins UTB’s development finance team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made three senior appointments to its development finance division. Paul...

Completed equity release plans at record levels

The number of homeowners releasing equity from their properties reached a new record in...

Advisers want lifetime allowance scrapping in Budget

Momentum Pensions has claimed that scrapping the lifetime allowance tops advisers' wish lists in...

Octane Capital appoints head of internal sales

Oli Greenspan has joined Octane Capital as head of internal sales. Greenspan (pictured) was a...

Nationwide joins Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has reported that Nationwide has become a member of the...

Santander appoints trio of BDMs

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has appointed three new business development managers (BDMs). Kelly Mortiboys...

Mortgage Intelligence expands panel

The Monmouthshire Building Society (MBS) has joined Mortgage Intelligence’s lender panel. The mutual will...

Bank of Mum & Dad less prevalent in East Midlands

Royal London has stated that 34% of people say they have not and do...

Roma Finance launches 0.44% bridge

Roma Finance has cut the rate on its three month bridging product to 0.44%...

Network hails training event a success

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held its largest bi-annual National Training Event to...

Coventry for Intermediaries launches new Flexx for Term BTLs

Coventry for Intermediaries has launched new Flexx for Term buy-to-let mortgages at 50%-75% LTVs. Rates...

Nationwide offers lifetime mortgage deal

The Nationwide Building Society is launching a lifetime mortgage product. In summer 2016 Nationwide extended...

Al Rayan Bank cuts rental rates

Al Rayan Bank (UK) has lowered rental rates across its entire range of discounted...

The Bath BS unveils expat BTL mortgage

The Bath Building Society has launched a buy-to-let mortgage product for expats. It is available...

COMMENT

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...

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...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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