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LHV Bank adopts automated decisioning platform from LendingMetrics

LHV Bank is set to implement LendingMetrics’ automated decisioning platform (ADP) in a move...

The Right Mortgage signs new regulatory trainer from MAB

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed a new regulatory trainer. Keith White (main...

Inspired Lending supports portfolio restructure with £2.1m bridging loan

Inspired Lending has completed a £2.1 million bridging facility to allow the consolidation of...

AI tool from REalyse promises to streamline property search and valuation for brokers

Mortgage brokers across the UK will soon have a powerful new tool in their...

Tech breakthrough streamlines secured loans in Scotland

A long-standing obstacle in Scotland’s secured lending sector has finally been overcome thanks to...

Building society boxes clever with programme to support young people and £250,000 community donation

Market Harborough Building Society has made a landmark donation of £250,000 to its community...

HTB appoints Philip Gould as credit operations director

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Philip Gould as credit operations director. Gould (main picture)...

Keystone cuts rates once again

Keystone Property Finance has announced a further reduction in its mortgage pricing, marking the...

Barclays cuts mortgage rates below 4%

Barclays is set to reduce mortgage rates by as much as 38 basis points...

Zephyr Homeloans reduces 2 & 5-yr BTL rates

Zephyr Homeloans has announced rate cuts across its two and five-year fixed rate mortgage...

FIBA launches online specialist property finance education hub

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has launched a digital ‘Knowledge Hub’, providing...

Mark Rookyard joins Birmingham Bank as BDM for London and South Regions

Birmingham Bank has appointed Mark Rookyard as its business development manager for the London...

ModaMortgages cuts rates by up to 20bps across buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has cut rates by up to 20bps across its buy-to-let range. The reduction means...

more2life integrates with Advise Wise

The Advise Wise Platform has been integrated into more2life allowing its members to request...

COMMENT

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

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,...

Latest news

Landbay launches product transfer products

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has launched five new Product Transfer (PT) tracker products within its...

Brokers hesitant to recommend interest-only for FTBs, says Gen H

Nearly half of the UK’s top 100 first-time buyer brokerages wrote no interest-only business...

Coventry and Accord both cut BTL rates 

Coventry for Intermediaries and Accord Mortgages have both reduced rates across their buy-to-let ranges. Coventry’s...

UTB cuts rates by 1% and launches 95% LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has reduced rates by up to 1% and launched...

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