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Vida celebrates first anniversary

In the 12 months since Vida Homeloans launched its specialist residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Paradigm updates buy-to-let lender matrix

Paradigm Mortgage Services has stated that following the 30 September PRA portfolio landlord underwriting changes,...

Record lending month for Landbay

Landbay has reported that it lent £6.31m across 31 mortgages in September, a record month of...

New range from Pepper Money

Pepper Money has revamped its mortgage range and introduced a new online portal. The lender,...

Precise parent valued at £550m

Charter Court's offer price for Shares sold in its initial public offering (IPO) has...

London house prices down for first time in eight years

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that in September, London was the weakest performing region...

Near 5% returns for Scottish landlords

Scotland has witness a continued rise in demand for rental properties, with prices increasing slightly...

Small deposit borrowers increasing market share

E.surv has reported that mortgage approvals during August were significantly higher than on the...

Nine out of 10 regions see rents rise year-on-year

Your Move has reported that rents in both the East of England and the...

Positive Lending sponsoring GB triathlete

Packager Positive Lending is sponsoring Lee Godber, an athlete selected to represent the GB...

Fast funding saves family business

Clever Lending and Together have managed to help a daughter save the family business her late...

Prudential partners with PFS to attract fresh talent

Latest research from Prudential has found that financial advisers are increasingly optimistic that the...

Landlords unaware of HMO licensing proposals

Over 85% of all landlords are unfamiliar with new laws that could force them...

Buildloan joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced that BuildLoan, the provider of construction-based finance, has been added...

COMMENT

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...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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Together cuts fixed rates and expands criteria

Specialist lender Together has reduced rates across its fixed-rate product range and announced it...

Bank lending to smaller property investors falls 14%

The value of lending from UK-regulated banks to small and medium-sized property investment businesses...

L&G names winners of 15th Business Quality Awards

Legal & General has announced the winners of its 15th annual Business Quality Awards. The...

MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

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