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Interest-only borrowing behind equity release rise

Key Retirement has found that 22% of customers used property wealth to clear mortgage...

Automated calls top list of grumbles

New research has found that automated phone calls, such as from PPI claims companies,...

Source adds new lifestyle insurance product

Source Insurance has introduced a new lifestyle insurance product featuring enhanced cover options, widened acceptance and...

Enness launches commercial and development finance brokerage

High net worth mortgage brokerage, Enness, has announced the launch of Enness Commercial and Enness...

New BDM for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Paul Flude as its a new business development manager (BDM) covering the...

Second charge broker portal unveiled

A trio of second charge players have joined forces to launch a new broker portal, www.smartmoneysourcing.co.uk.  It aims to...

Platform ups loan to income ratio

Platform has increased the loan to income ratio for qualifying mortgage applicants.  The intermediary mortgage brand...

Rise in buy-to-let fixed rates

Mortgages for Business has reported that buy-to-let fixed rates rose in April across two,...

Non-exec director of Bibby Financial Services appointed

Global business funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Mike Fairey as non-executive director. In...

Milestone for Newcastle-based brokerage

Mortgage broker BH Mortgages is celebrating its first anniversary. Over the past 12 months the...

Reditum Capital joins ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has been joined by mezzanine and bridging...

The Monmouthshire raises money to support child’s cancer charity

In 2016, the Monmouthshire Building Society named LATCH its Charity of the Year, with...

New fixed rates from Investec Private Banking

Investec Private Banking has unveiled a range of two, four and 10-year fixed rates across...

Goldsmith Williams Solicitors to rebrand

Liverpool-based national law firm Goldsmith Williams Solicitors will become GWlegal later in the year. There will...
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Housing

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...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

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Housing

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...
Appointments

PEXA UK appoints CEOs as Joe Pepper steps down

PEXA UK chief executive Joe Pepper will step down at the end of June,...
Buy-to-let

LendInvest launches semi-commercial BTL lending products

LendInvest has launched a new semi-commercial proposition within its range of buy-to-let products. The lender’s...
Later Life

more2life urges FCA to mandate signposting of all later life lending products

more2life chief executive Dave Harris has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to...

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