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Neil Hoare appointed sales director at LSL Financial Services

LSL Financial Services has appointed Neil Hoare as sales director of its financial services...

UTB makes underwriting director appointment

United Trust Bank has appointed Gene Clohessy to the newly created role of director...

Family Building Society eases borrowing barriers for landlords and homeowners

Family Building Society has unveiled a series of changes to its lending criteria and...

MAB rolls out Comentis tool to bolster support for vulnerable customers

Mortgage Advice Bureau is deploying a new digital assessment tool across its broker network...

The Leeds lowers income threshold to widen mortgage access

Leeds Building Society has sought to ease the path to home ownership for lower...

Keystone unveils new summer HMO deals with 80% LTV

Keystone Property Finance has launched a limited edition range of HMO products with loan-to-value...

Aldermore strengthens real estate team with new appointment for London & SE

Aldermore has appointed Steve Isaacs as business development manager for London and the South-East. Isaacs...

The Coventry reports boost in profits following Co-operative Bank acquisition

Coventry Building Society Group has posted a significant rise in profits for the first...

Twenty7tec and FinCalc integrate to streamline adviser planning

Twenty7tec has further improved its adviser technology offering by integrating its customer relationship management...

Commuter belt triumphs as Chesham and Amersham top UK retirement wellbeing index

Chesham and Amersham, a Buckinghamshire constituency more commonly associated with the commuter belt than...

TMG Mortgage Network opens new head office and makes key hire

TMG Mortgage Network has underlined its ambitions for long-term growth with the opening of...

Millbrook Business Finance appoints operations director

Millbrook Business Finance has appointed Sally Chesterton as operations director. Chesterton (pictured) brings more than...

Nationwide cuts residential mortgage rates

Nationwide has announced a fresh round of rate reductions across its mortgage range, with...

Precise raises borrowing limits to 6x income

Precise Mortgages has lifted its loan-to-income cap to six times earnings. The lender’s criteria update...

COMMENT

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...

ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...

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