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Assetz Capital unveils new loan product aimed at smaller developers

Assetz Capital has launched a new dedicated loan offering to meet the needs of...

Crystal hails Goldberg’s impact and welcomes Together leadership plan

One of the UK specialist finance sector’s most prominent distribution firms has paid tribute...

The Exeter reveals 2024 health, income protection and life payouts

UK mutual health and protection insurer The Exeter paid out £61 million in claims...

Tandem reports record green lending as customers cut 70,000 tonnes of CO₂

Tandem Bank has published its most comprehensive ESG report to date, disclosing that it...

HTB provides £20m+ facility for land portfolio refinancing

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a development finance facility in excess of £20m to...

Davisons Law joins conveybuddy panel

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has announced that West Midlands-based Davisons Law has joined its panel...

LHV Bank backs social housing expansion with loan to Vital Homes

LHV Bank has completed its first direct loan in the social housing sector with...

BoE’s Elder to deliver keynote at MBE London

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has confirmed that Rob Elder, the Bank of England’s agent...

Together’s Marc Goldberg to retire as lender unveils leadership overhaul

Marc Goldberg, the long-serving chief executive of sales and distribution at Together Financial Services,...

Warnings of policy gap as affordable homes funding raises more questions than answers

The government’s pledge of £39 billion in grants for affordable housing has sparked concern...

The Market Harborough cuts fixed mortgage rate pricing

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.20% across...

The Mansfield improves retirement lending criteria

Mansfield Building Society has extended its support for older borrowers with a series of...

Hilco provides Suffolk holiday park with £4.5m bridging facility

Hilco Real Estate Finance has completed a £4.5m bridging loan secured against Stonham Barns,...

MIMHC launches fifth annual mental health and wellbeing survey

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has launched its fifth annual Mental Health...

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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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