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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...

“No excuses” not to sell GI

Paymentshield has unveiled a new campaign which targets those mortgage advisers who have previously...

More 2 Life offers access to senior underwriters

More 2 Life has announced a new initiative to make its senior underwriters available...

Poor take-up of asset finance in UK

New research from Cambridge & Counties Bank reveals that just 11% only business owners describe...

New CEO and COO for the Monmouthshire

Will Carroll has been appointed as the Monmouthshire Building Society’s new chief executive officer...

Shawbrook completes £22m residential portfolio refinance

Shawbrook Commercial has just completed on a refinance loan of £22.4m to Desiman Limited,...

BTL costs unaffected by PRA changes

New data from Mortgage Brain has showed that buy-to-let mortgage costs have remained stable despite...

LendInvest unveils professional landlord deal

LendInvest has launched a buy-to-let loan product targeted at experienced, professional property investors and...

Together sees 65% rise in originations

Specialist lender Together has reported average monthly loan originations of £125.4m for the third...

L&G offers rehabilitation support service

Legal & General has introduced a rehabilitation support service for customers of its Income...

TMA unveils Base Rate Hub

TMA has launched a Base Rate Hub for its advisers, providing updates on the...

Octane provides bridge on 65 flats

Octane Capital has completed a £7.3m bridging loan secured against 11 residential properties in North...

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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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Nationwide cuts mortgage rates across fixed and tracker range

Nationwide has cut mortgage rates across its fixed-rate range and reduced selected tracker products. The...

Top proptech providers join forces

Four of the UK’s leading Proptech providers – LMS, Landmark Information Group, InfoTrack and...

Landbay launches new remortgage AVM products

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has launched new premier remortgage AVM two-year fixed-rate products and reduced...

Second charge boost as industry veterans launch Flamingo Money

Two experienced specialist finance professionals have launched a new secured loans and second charge...

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