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New loan grading system at P2P lender

Peer to peer lender ThinCats has introduced a new two-tiered grading system for all loans on...

New lowest rate for More 2 Life

More 2 Life has unveiled its lowest ever lifetime mortgage rate with a new monthly...

Nationwide reports 26% rise in gross mortgage lending

The Nationwide Building Society has posted its results for the quarter from 5 April...

Kuflink Bridging expands head office team

Specialist short-term lender Kuflink Bridging has appointed Danielle Comrie as senior case manager in...

Asset finance growth at Aldermore

Aldermore has reported growth in its asset finance business over the first six months...

Accord unveils ERC-free buy-to-let trackers

Accord Buy To Let has launched a range of new tracker mortgages with no...

MetLife passes major milestone

MetLife has passed the £5 billion assets under management milestone. The UK wealth management...

The Leeds changes tenancy criteria

The Leeds Building Society will now accept tenancy agreements for a period to suit...

RICS: house price growth “run out of steam”

House price growth continued to slow in the UK in July while key indicators...

New 3.29% five-year BTL from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage at 3.29%.  It...

40% fall in second charge repossessions

The number of second-charge mortgage repossessions in the second quarter of 2016 was 40, down...

Fall in arrears and possessions continues

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that the number of mortgages in...

Commercial brokers remain firm on Brexit

92% of brokers working in the fields of asset, bridging and development finance would...

Recovery in Central London office space leasing

The amount of Central London office space leased by businesses recovered from a pre-referendum drop to...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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