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Borro completes first £1m loan secured by fine art

Short term asset loan provider borro has announced its first ever £1 million loan,...

AFI offers pair of intermediary exclusive deals

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) is launching two new intermediary key account exclusives. The Santander lenders...

Work & golf on Complete day

Complete FS it holding what it calls a 'day of work and play' on...

GE Money to cut rates

GE Money Home Lending is cutting initial rates by up to 0.9% across its...

New Capital Private Finance sales director revealed

Ian Baker has been appointed sales director of Capital Private Finance. He will report directly...

New fixed rates from Accord

Accord Mortgages has launched a new range of fixed rate products . For example, two-year...

NatWest IS unveils new two-year deal

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has launched a new two-year fixed rate remortgage product into its...

FSA delays MMR consultation paper

The FSA is to delay publication of its next consultation paper on the Mortgage...

Northern Rock makes further rate cuts

Northern Rock has cut mortgage rates on purchase, remortgage and buy-to-let deals. Rates on the...

Swift threatened with CCL removal by OFT

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has told Swift, trading as Swift Advances plc...

L&G takes ‘Nouveau’ approach with mortgage club

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added a new tier - 'Nouveau'. Five large intermediary...

Brits renting rooms to beat the downturn

Santander has claimed that one in 10 UK homeowners now has a lodger in...

Servicer opts for the cloud

Hatfield Philips International (HPI) has moved its loan servicing customer relationship management (CRM) system...

Lenders letting prospective buyers down: NAEA

Estate agents have claimed that mortgage lenders in Britain are continuing to let down...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

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Q&A: Jason Berry, Crystal Specialist Finance

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Jason Berry, group sales director at Crystal Specialist...

CHL Mortgages joins FIBA lending panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries...

Air pushes for customer-centric suitability reports in later life lending

Air, the later life lending platform, has launched a new suitability report designed to...

House prices show modest growth as affordability pressures linger

UK house prices rose modestly in September, with the annual rate of growth holding...