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Large slump in Paragon buy-to-let lending

Paragon Group saw a dramatic fall in its buy-to-let lending in the final quarter...

New structured credit facility for Together

Specialist lender Together has agreed a new facility of £90 million, targeted at funding...

Three sales appointments for Blacks Connect

Blacks Connect has made three appointments to its sales team.   Gary Little (pictured), who has...

Post-crunch high for retirement income

Those looking to retire this year are expecting to live on an average annual...

New BDM at Funding Circle

Funding Circle has appointed a new business development manager for the South West. Sarah Beard...

Strong employee demand for group IP

Legal & General has found that employers overestimate the cost of Group Income Protection...

The Marsden partners with Equity Release Club

Equity Release Club has announced a new relationship with the Marsden Building Society. The mutual’s...

CML: 2016 highest gross lending total since 2008

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £20.4...

VitalityLife unveils Vitality Nurse and Wellness Optimiser

VitalityLife has announced two new developments for the protection market: Vitality Nurse and Wellness...

Huge rise in house prices near Crossrail stations

Average house prices  near stations along Crossrail have increased dramatically since the South East...

Millennials more open to P2P than older generation

Millennials are four times more likely to have money invested in peer to peer...

Strong 12 months for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has revealed that in its second full year of lending it lent over...

2017 ‘year of the underwriter’

Borro believes 2017 will see larger lenders of all types step back from a reliance...

RBS sets aside another $4bn for RMBS litigation

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is taking of a further £3.1bn ($3.8bn) provision in...

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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...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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