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Inspired Lending completes £980k East Sussex development exit

Short-term lender, Inspired Lending, has completed a £980,000 developer exit facility secured against a...

Buckinghamshire BS renames product ranges amid criteria update

Buckinghamshire Building Society has made a series of product updates and criteria improvements. As part...

MagiClick renews Vida Bank partnership following digital platform launch

Digital agency MagiClick has announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with Vida Bank,...

iPipeline appoints Rachel Edwards as UK managing director to drive next growth phase

iPipeline has named Rachel Edwards as its new managing director for the UK, tasking...

New identity for Leaders Romans Group

Property services group, Leaders Romans Group, has rebranded to LRG. The new identity is designed...

Women face 50% income drop after divorce

New research from Legal & General (L&G) has revealed a stark financial divide between...

Next Intelligence expands panel with six lender additions

Mortgage club Next Intelligence has announced a significant expansion of its lender panel, adding...

Stamp duty shock: MAB calls for lender innovation to meet FTB demand

Following the Stamp Duty threshold returning to 2014 levels today, Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB)...

Completions hit record highs in last five days

Completion volumes surged to unprecedented levels in the final days of March, with estimates...

Vernon BS marks centenary with record asset growth and £3.5m profit

Vernon Building Society has ended its 100th year on a high, reporting record growth...

London Credit provides £1.53m bridging loan for commercial property refinancing

London Credit has completed a £1.53 million bridging loan to refinance a commercial property...

Gatehouse Bank lowers home finance product rates and improves criteria

Gatehouse Bank has announced a series of product changes, including a 50 basis point...

UTB completes £234k second charge bridge to help customer buy retirement home abroad

United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed a £234,000 second charge bridging loan to enable...

UK house price growth steady in March as regional divide persists

UK house price growth held steady at 3.9% year-on-year in March, unchanged from February,...

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,...

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Hodge Bank partners with Mortgage Broker Tools

The partnership means Mortgage Broker Tools’ broker members can now access Hodge’s specialist mortgage...

Cambridge BS opens up 98% LTV to all brokers

The Cambridge Building Society is making its 98% LTV first-time-buyer product available to all...

Barclays latest lender to cut rates

Barclays is the latest lender to lower its mortgage rates, reducing selected residential products...

Landbay launches product transfer products

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

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