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Openwork adds April Mortgages to lending panel

Openwork has added April Mortgages to its lending panel, giving advisers access to a...

The Right Mortgage sets out September roadshow programme

The Right Mortgage will hold five member roadshows across England and Wales in September...

UTB reduces 2-year BTL rates by up to 50bps

United Trust Bank has reduced rates across its standard and specialist buy-to-let ranges, with...

Paragon cuts buy-to-let fixed rates to 3.40%

Paragon Bank has cut rates by 15 basis points across its Core and Tailored...

Mortgage approvals fall as affordability pressures weigh on buyers

Mortgage approvals and net borrowing fell below recent averages in July as volatile interest...

Twenty7tec launches Steppl portal to streamline adviser-client communication

Twenty7tec has launched Steppl, an AI-ready client engagement platform designed to reduce administration and...

Afin Bank recruits three underwriters as lending range expands

Afin Bank has appointed three underwriters to support its growth across residential, buy-to-let and...

The Coventry raises first-time buyer lending limit to 6.5 times income

Coventry Building Society has increased the amount eligible first-time buyers can borrow to as...

House price growth edges up as market remains subdued

Annual UK house price growth rose slightly to 1.6% in August, although economic uncertainty...

More2life opens route for lifetime mortgage cases requiring property repairs

More2life has formed an exclusive partnership with Verified Building Services to help lifetime mortgage...

Brightstar launches schools finance broker for independent sector

The Brightstar Group has launched Schools-Finance to help independent schools secure funding for property,...

HSBC to cut fixed mortgage rates across residential range

HSBC UK will reduce a broad selection of fixed mortgage rates for new and...

UK residential property transactions fall in July as uncertainty weighs on market

UK residential property transactions declined in July on a seasonally adjusted basis as borrowing...

Zurich joins UnderwriteMe protection platform in limited rollout

Zurich has made its Personal Protection and Income Protection products available through UnderwriteMe's Protection...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Saffron expands expat landlord range and eases residential income criteria

Saffron for Intermediaries has broadened its specialist mortgage criteria with new expat HMO products...

Gable zero-deposit mortgages added to Twenty7tec sourcing platform

Twenty7tec has added Gable Mortgages to its RESEARCH platform, making the lender's zero-deposit residential...

Second charge mortgage lending rises 25% over 12 months

Second charge mortgage lending continued to grow in July, with £205 million of new...

Perenna integrates Scroll Finance as specialist lending expansion gathers pace

Perenna has completed the integration of second charge lender Scroll Finance as it prepares...

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