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10% rise in limited company mortgage completions for purchase

Mortgages for Business' latest Limited Company Buy-to-let Index has reported that during the second...

Seed funding raised by P2P lending platform

LandlordInvest, an FCA authorised peer-to-peer lending platforms for residential mortgages, has raised seed funding from...

UK Finance officially launches

A new trade association, UK Finance, has officially launched to represent the finance and...

Private Label brand resurrected by Brightstar Financial

Brightstar Financial is re-launching Private Label as a specialist lending brand. The brand was originally...

Accord offers retention proc fees

Accord Mortgages is now paying a 0.30% gross procuration fee for retained business on...

Octopus Property launches latest resi development product

Octopus Property has introduced a new, lower priced residential development finance product. Priced at 0.54%...

BFS provides £8m package for West Brom business

One of the largest sheet plants in the UK has secured an £8m asset...

Second charge provider in £256m securitisation

Optimum Credit has raised £256m via a securitisation transaction which it hopes will further...

Prime London transactions remain subdued

London Central Portfolio's (LCP) analysis of Land Registry data for the first quarter of...

New chairs for FCA panels

The Financial Conduct Authority chairman, John Griffith-Jones, has announced the appointments of new chairs...

Amicus boss joins UK Finance board

John Jenkins, CEO of Amicus Finance, has been appointed to the board of UK...

New P2P investment options from Kuflink

Peer-to-peer platform Kuflink, sister business to bridging lender Kuflink Bridging, has announced the launch of two...

Complete FS achieves FHL first

Complete FS has become the first of Foundation Home Loans’ (FHL) partners to receive an...

Poor technology to blame for slow conveyancing

The conveyancing sector is seen as less technologically sophisticated than brokers, lenders and valuers...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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