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Marsden relaxes restrictions on mortgage applicants with international ties

Marsden Building Society has eased its stance on mortgage applications linked to countries deemed...

The Family BS launches expat limited company buy-to-let range

Family Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let range designed for limited company landlords...

UK property transactions dip in August as market waits for clarity

UK property transactions slowed in August after three months of steady gains, according to...

Finova teams with Escode to launch escrow service for lenders

Finova, the cloud-based mortgage and savings software provider, has joined forces with Escode, a...

Arc & Co. and HTB agree £21.5m facility for Nottingham student scheme

Arc & Co. and Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) have closed a £21.5 million development...

Renters’ Rights Bill forces rethink for accommodation investors

Housing Hand, the UK rental services provider, has warned that the proposed Renters’ Rights...

Glenhawk appoints head of construction to strengthen project oversight

Glenhawk has appointed Grant Gibson to the newly created role of head of construction...

SDKA trims bridging rate and unveils bridge-to-term option

SDKA has reduced the rate on its Bridge 75 Residential product by 50 basis...

Afin Bank launches new five-year fixed rates from 5.69%

Afin Bank has unveiled a new range of five-year fixed mortgage products, alongside cuts...

Rosemount raises £33,000 for charities at Basingstoke ball

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has raised more than £33,000 for two local charities at...

Step One Finance selects Phoebus in major servicing transformation

Step One Finance has partnered with Phoebus Software in a significant technology upgrade aimed...

Inflation accelerates as non-food prices climb and new tax pressures loom

Shop price inflation picked up pace in September, rising to 1.4% from 0.9% in...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement...

Reeves: Social housing must play a major role in tackling crisis

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged that social housing will be central to Labour’s plans...

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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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...

Ceta launches renewal hub for intermediaries on Infinity Portal

Ceta has launched a new Renewal Hub on its Infinity Portal, giving intermediaries a...

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