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Vida cuts rates and broadens criteria in specialist push

Specialist lender Vida has announced a series of sweeping changes across its buy-to-let and...

KSEYE adds automated valuations to improve bridging turnaround times

Specialist lender KSEYE has introduced automated valuations on certain bridging loans, in order to...

Rural Asset Finance secures up to £120m funding

Specialist agricultural lender Rural Asset Finance has agreed a funding facility of up to...

Norton Finance named launch partner for new lender

Norton Finance has been announced as a launch partner for Afin Bank, the newly...

InterBay expands offering with new owner occupier range and lower rates

InterBay, part of the OSB Group, has announced a raft of changes to its...

RAW Capital Partners cuts rates and simplifies pricing at higher LTVs

RAW Capital Partners has announced a series of pricing changes, including rate cuts at...

Cardiff emerges as the UK’s leading buy-to-let hotspot

Cardiff’s CF24 postcode has overtaken rivals to become the most active buy-to-let location in...

NatWest appoints PEXA to digitise remortgage process

NatWest has signed a formal agreement with PEXA Group to begin implementing the digital...

Cirencester Friendly appoints Andy Lucas as new chair

Income protection mutual Cirencester Friendly has named Andy Lucas as its new chair, succeeding...

Acre reports 200% growth in mortgage submissions

Acre, the intermediary platform, has reported a 200% year-on-year increase in mortgage submissions. The London-based...

More shock as buyers face pressure to use estate agents’ mortgage brokers

New research commissioned by Boon Brokers has revealed widespread concerns over pressure tactics used...

Landbay unveils Summer Special BTL range

Landbay has introduced a new suite of buy-to-let mortgage products under its Summer Special...

Half of UK children worried about money, new study finds

Children as young as seven are grappling with financial anxiety, according to a new...

Remortgage pipeline builds despite June slowdown in completions

The UK remortgage market remained steady in June, with new instructions and cancellations holding...

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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