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Greater proc fees required for buy-to-let?

David Whittaker of Mortgages for Business expects the amount of gross buy-to-let mortgage lending...

Questioning equity release client health ‘a must’

The option to offer your equity release clients enhanced terms means advisers should always...

Digital advice ‘not for specialist market’

Adrian Moloney of OneSavings Bank told a seminar audience at the FSE Manchester event...

Product transfers are advisers’ “big opportunity”

An audience at the FSE Manchester event on Wednesday heard that the £100bn mortgage...

Portfolio BTL market likely to expand

An industry panel at the FSE Manchester event on Wednesday was of the view...

South West workers lack protection cover

People living in the South West of England are feeling increasingly financially squeezed. In 2014,...

Mortgage volumes down 12% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis,...

Whitecap Consulting hires former Santander mortgage head

Whitecap Consulting, a regional strategy consulting firm which works with a number of clients...

Foundation Home Loans unveils professional landlord deal

Foundation Home Loans has launching a new two-year fixed rate mortgage aimed primarily at professional...

Government sells remaining Lloyds stake

The UK government has sold its remaining stake in Lloyds Banking Group. It closes the...

The Leeds supports local girls’ football

The Pace under 9s girls football team have received a donation from the Leeds...

1.4m just about managing to pay their mortgage

L&C Mortgages has claimed that 1.4 million UK households are struggling to pay their...

Saffron For Intermediaries added to Mortgage Intelligence panel

Saffron For Intermediaries has made its full range of mortgage products available via Mortgage...

Magellan now on SimplyBiz Mortgages’ panel

Magellan Homeloans has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel. All SimplyBiz Mortgage Members will...

COMMENT

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...

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

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Later life lending group launches

Sovereign Life Group has been formed to bring together established specialist businesses from across...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s...

Least efficient homes face £591 bill rise after price cap hike

With the energy price cap increasing by 13% today, new analysis from Rightmove, shows...

Accord introduces specialist underwriting support for larger loans

Accord Mortgages has introduced a dedicated larger loans service designed to support brokers handling...

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