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Castle Trust grows development finance proposition

Castle Trust Capital has doubled its maximum loan size for development finance and is...

Platform changes BTL interest cover ratio

Platform will now assess eligible buy-to-let remortgage applications, without additional borrowing, using a minimum of...

New Adviser Hub from VitalityHealth

VitalityHealth has launched its new Adviser Hub platform, which will be rolled out to...

Sainsbury’s Bank expands broker distribution

Sainsbury’s Bank has added Mortgage Advice Bureau and Stonebridge Group to its mortgage broker distribution...

Uinsure relocates its headquarters

General insurance provider Uinsure has relocated its headquarters to the XYZ building in Manchester's Spinningfields district. Uinsure's...

22% fall in new build registrations year-on-year

HM Land Registry received more than 97,000 sales of land and property in England...

Bank of Ireland UK launches new build pilot

Bank of Ireland UK has announced the launch of an exclusive new build pilot...

New holiday let product from Together

Together has created a new holiday let product in response to demand from professional...

FP Show to host later life lending and GDPR speeches

The Finance Professional Show, which takes place on 8 November, has announced the addition of...

The Hinckley & Rugby introduces lower BTL reference rate

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced a new online buy-to-let calculator for...

Coventry for Intermediaries to pay product transfer proc fees

Coventry for Intermediaries will pay a proc fee of 0.30% for residential product transfers...

Continued rise in drawdown customers

The Equity Release Council has reported that over-55s withdrew a total of £824 million...

Save £480k with a 60-minute commute

Lloyds Bank has calculated that people living an hour away from London and making the...

Bank of Mum & Dad unlikely to get money back

New research from Prudential has found that, on average, those who have lent money to...

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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...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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