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The Mansfield widens expat BTL scope to include EU residents

Mansfield Building Society has extended its buy-to-let offering for expatriates to include applicants currently...

Protection market continues upward trend with strong Q1 figures

The UK protection market has seen a buoyant start to the year, with new...

Clydesdale Bank cuts large loan threshold for direct underwriter access

Clydesdale Bank has announced a significant change to its large loan proposition, reducing the...

OMS deepens integration with Nationwide

One Mortgage System (OMS) has expanded its integration with Nationwide Building Society following the...

Developer uses Aspen to unlock new North London opportunities

An experienced North London developer has turned once more to Aspen Bridging to support...

Pepper Money introduces HMO mortgage range

Specialist lender Pepper Money has unveiled a new mortgage product for houses in multiple...

Widening gap in healthy life expectancy underscores case for later life lending

A widening divide between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in the UK is...

Black & White Bridging passes £250m lending milestone

Black & White Bridging has surpassed £250m in total lending, marking a key milestone...

Bridger named one of Best Places to Work for second consecutive year

Specialist short-term lender Kuflink has once again secured its place on the Sunday Times...

Nationwide trims home mover and remortgage rates

Nationwide is cutting fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.12 percentage points across selected...

Together completes £500m bond issue

Together Financial Services has successfully completed the issuance of £500 million in senior secured...

Assetz Capital backs final phase of 33-home scheme in County Antrim

Assetz Capital has completed a £705,000 development finance facility to support the final phase...

Accord raises lending limits and expands 95% LTV to new-build homes

Accord Mortgages has announced a substantial uplift to its maximum loan amounts, with increases...

Hodge backs multi-million pound pub portfolio purchase

Hodge Real Estate Finance has supported the acquisition of a major pub portfolio in...

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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National Friendly joins Primis panel

National Friendly's range of protection products are now available to advisers across the Primis...

‘AI challenges intermediation,’ warns FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today released its long-awaited Mills Review, which sets...

Burnham’s property tax could hit mortgage lending, warns Maskells

A proposed proportional property tax backed by Andy Burnham could hit mortgage lending, tighten...

Des Moore joins Suffolk BS as non-executive director 

Des Moore, former Cumberland Building Society chief executive officer, will join the Suffolk Building...

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