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Together ups first charge loan maximum

Together has increased its loan amounts for first charge mortgages from £200,000 to £250,000, as house...

New fixed rates from the Dudley

The Dudley Building Society has introduced releasing new two, three and five-year fixed rates and...

Fluent Money hires group compliance director

Second charge distributor Fluent Money has appointed Stuart Almond as group compliance director for the...

Fall in number of new second charge mortgages

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported growth of 14% in consumer finance new...

9% rise in asset finance

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 9% in May,...

The Nationwide appoints senior independent director

The Nationwide Building Society has announced that Lynne Peacock will be appointed as the senior independent...

Fleet’s criteria changes include gifted deposits

Fleet Mortgages has introduced a number of criteria changes. These changes to the lender's...

HLPartnership appoints compliance director

HLPartnership has announced that Gavin Earnshaw is joining its senior management team as compliance...

IMLA: FTB numbers well down from where they should be

First-time buyer numbers remain 2.2 million behind where they should be given demographic trends...

FCA wants industry views on crowdfunding rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking input on which areas should be considered...

Ultimate promotion in Leeds

Ultimate Finance has announced that Noel Haverly has been appointed head of sales with responsibility for...

N&P unveils new three-year deals

The Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has unveiled three-year fixed rate mortgages at...

Together sees record month for buy-to-let

Specialist lender Together has reported that its buy-to-let lending hit a record high in...

Four new associates for the CML

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed four new associates, bringing the total...

COMMENT

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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