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Clever Lending adopts seconds sourcing platform

Clever Lending has joined IRESS’ XPLAN Mortgage sourcing platform, allowing brokers to compare second charges...

CA announces first completion under new code

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has today announced the first house purchase/sale completion has taken...

Thistle Finance teams up with LendInvest to rescue developer

Edinburgh-based packager Thistle Finance has arranged a last minute £1.3m development exit finance loan through...

Proportion of first-time buyer sales falls again

NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate Agents) has reported that the proportion of sales...

Landlords: tenant fee ban may discourage use of letting agents

Paragon has wanted that 30% of landlords may be discouraged from letting property via...

Most brokers expect further London house prices falls in Q4

63% of respondents to the most recent broker poll from United Trust Bank (UTB) expect...

Highlands & Islands lead Scottish rental market

Your Move Scotland has found that the rental market north of the border continued...

Over-50s renters face £43bn retirement shortfall

Scottish Widows has wanted that over-50s renters are not saving anywhere near enough to...

Strong growth for enhanced equity release plans

Key Retirement’s Q3 Equity Release Market Monitor shows total property wealth released by new...

Majority of workers ‘saving in the dark’

32% of workers in the UK say they have no idea what they have...

The Stafford Railway appoints BDM for the north

The Stafford Railway Building Society has expanded its intermediary mortgage team with the appointment of...

New Strategic Partner for Shawbrook Bank

Brooklands Commercial Finance has become a Strategic Partner of Shawbrook Bank. It has been a commercial...

New portfolio landlord product search tool unveiled

Mortgages for Business has issued an update to its online Buy to Let Mortgage...

Equity release percentage fees ‘not TCF’

JLM Mortgage Services belives the charging of percentage-based advice fees on equity release products is...
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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...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

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Appointments

UTB appoints Frankie Kitchen as BTL key account manager

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has appointed Frankie Kitchen as a buy-to-let key account...
Technology

OMS and Brightstar Group extend technology partnership

One Mortgage System (OMS), the CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders,...
Technology

Nivo launches AI webinar sessions

Nivo has launched a new webinar programme focused on helping brokers and lenders understand...
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Ecology BS launches 90% LTV renovation mortgage 

Ecology Building Society has further extended its range of renovation mortgages with a new...

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