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Kuflink reappoints Narwal to spearhead renewed focus on bridging

Bridging lender Kuflink has announced the return of Ranjit Narwal as head of origination,...

Finova adds equity finance provider to lender panel

Finova has added equity finance provider Pauzible to its Payments lender panel, bringing the...

Arc & Co. and UTB complete bridge in three weeks for overseas client

Arc & Co. has completed a £770,000 bridging loan for a foreign national borrower...

Clydesdale drops residential and BTL mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is set to implement a series of rate reductions across its residential...

Reward appointment to drive growth in London and the South East

Alternative lender Reward Funding has strengthened its presence in the South of England with...

LendInvest cuts buy-to-let rates by 10bps

LendInvest has announced a 10 basis point reduction across its entire buy-to-let mortgage range,...

Connells Group appoints two NEDs

Connells Group has appointed Andrew Bottomley and Ash Piranie as non-executive directors. The two appointments...

First-time homes now last just four and a half years

The average first-time home is now outgrown in just four and a half years,...

Quantum Mortgages completes second securitisation

Quantum Mortgages has completed its second securitisation just 10 months after its inaugural issuance,...

Aldermore introduces one-click amendments for faster re-approvals

Aldermore has unveiled a new digital tool to accelerate proposal amendments for asset finance...

Atom bank funds £2.7m purchase of Leicester pub conversion into student housing

Atom bank has provided a £2.7m commercial mortgage to support the purchase of a...

Keystone trims BTL rates and unveils AI-powered upgrade

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its buy-to-let range, with cuts of up...

BTL lending criteria changing to tackle net zero risk

Buy-to-let lenders have begun reassessing their approach to energy-inefficient properties in anticipation of looming...

The Darlington widens criteria for key workers with variable incomes

Darlington Building Society has broadened its mortgage criteria to better support professionals with complex...

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I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

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Wider mortgage options put borrower circumstances in focus on Lenders Live

Borrowers with historic credit problems and smaller deposits have more routes to explore, but...

Christodoulides joins ConveyBuddy as head of distribution

Former NatWest national account manager Luke Christodoulides has joined ConveyBuddy as head of distribution. Christodoulides...

MorganAsh adds BSL translation to customer websites

MorganAsh has introduced British Sign Language translations across its corporate website and itswhoiam.me consumer...

London flat owners face highest risk of resale losses

Nearly four in 10 London flats resold after being held for between five and...

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