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40bps month-on-month rise in inflation

Annualised consumer price inflation (CPI) rose to 2.7% last month, up from 2.3% in...

New rates from Platform

Platform has cut select residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.10 percentage points. the intermediary-led...

BFS provides £10m ABL facility to manufacturer

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has agreed a £10m asset based lending (ABL) facility for...

First Complete and Pink offer BTL insurance system

First Complete and Pink have introduced a new buy-to-let insurance system for advisers. It launches with a...

LendInvest joins Home Builders Federation

LendInvest has joined the Home Builders Federation, the representative body of the private sector home building...

Non-executive director leaves OSB

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has announced the resignation of non-executive director Nathan Moss after three...

London house sales volumes down a fifth in two years

Your Move has reported that house prices in England and Wales remained subdued in...

Retirement Advantage enhances equity release offering

Retirement Advantage has added Lifestyle Lite to its Lifestyle Options product range, with the monthly interest...

TMW cuts minimum ICR for lower rate tax payers

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is adjusting its Interest Cover Ratio (ICR) for lower rate...

Mortgage Brain integrates second charge sourcing

Mortgage Brain has launched an integrated second charge mortgage sourcing capability into its first...

London Money launches new commercial finance arm

London Money Commercial has been launched by the London Money brand, following the launch...

Octane Capital partners with network

Connect for Intermediaries has become the first mortgage network to partner with new bridging lender...

Protection payouts up at Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows paid out 99.38% of life claims in 2016, an increase of 0.5%...

New sales appointment for Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has addd to its sales team with the appointment of Sarah...
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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...
Later Life

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

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