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Vida Homeloans cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let

Vida Homeloans has introduced rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let ranges, with some...

Foundation Home Loans unveils major rate cuts across specialist BTL range

Foundation Home Loans has announced sweeping rate reductions across its specialist buy-to-let product range,...

Market Harborough raises loan thresholds to support high-value borrowing

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a significant uplift in its maximum loan sizes...

London Credit backs fast-paced commercial deal with £325,000 bridging loan

Specialist lender London Credit has completed a £325,000 bridging loan to facilitate the time-critical...

Just backs Advise Wise calculator to support better later life lending advice

Just Group has thrown its support behind Advise Wise’s Cost Calculator, becoming the official...

Arc & Co. arranges £26m bridging deal on prime London property

Specialist advisory firm Arc & Co. and bridging lender Market Financial Solutions have completed...

L&C Mortgages partners with OMS to drive CRM transformation

London and Country Mortgages has adopted a new customer relationship management solution from One...

Propertymark warns of “grave concerns” as Renters’ Rights Bill sparks industry backlash

Propertymark has issued a strong warning over Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill following heated debate...

Advisers falling short on Consumer Duty in later life lending, Key warns

A significant number of financial advisers lack full confidence in meeting Consumer Duty obligations...

UK professionals struggle to turn personal branding insight into action

A new report has revealed a significant gap between awareness and execution in personal...

L&G marks 10 years in later life lending with new campaign

Legal & General has launched a new campaign to mark the tenth anniversary of...

OSB Group backs Learning at Work Week with focus on career development

Specialist lender OSB Group is throwing its support behind Learning at Work Week with...

Perenna renews and expands ABN AMRO warehouse facility to fund growth

Perenna Bank has renewed and significantly expanded its warehouse funding line with ABN AMRO. The...

Conveybuddy appoints new senior account manager

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has announced the appointment of Rachel Payne as senior account manager. Payne...

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Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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...

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Ecology BS launches 90% LTV renovation mortgage 

Ecology Building Society has further extended its range of renovation mortgages with a new...

FCA mortgage fraud investigations hit near-record low

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) opened just one enforcement investigation into mortgage fraud in...

House prices see first increase in four months

House prices increased for the first time in four months during June, rising by...

Nationwide cuts mortgage rates across fixed and tracker range

Nationwide has cut mortgage rates across its fixed-rate range and reduced selected tracker products. The...

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