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Paragon sees 25% rise in BTL lending as loan book strengthens

Paragon Bank has reported a 25% increase in new buy-to-let lending for the first...

Masthaven Finance obtains NACFB membership

Masthaven Finance has formalised its return to the specialist lending market by joining the...

Caring responsibilities identified as key driver of customer vulnerability

Caring responsibilities are among the most common life events affecting vulnerable customers, according to...

Mutuals striving to support FTBs amid affordability concerns

Building societies continue to play a pivotal role in supporting first-time buyers with small...

Vast majority of African nationals in UK say they have been refused a mortgage

A new study by specialist lender Afin Bank has revealed that 87% of African...

Gen H appoints intermediary sales lead

Gen H has welcomed the return of Paddy Doyle, a former team member and...

Clydesdale Bank announces rate increases across multiple product ranges

Clydesdale Bank has confirmed it will increase interest rates across a number of its...

PRIMIS appoints regional sales director for South East

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has appointed Niamh Downey as regional sales director for the South...

Rising new build values boosting developer margins

The gap between the cost of building new homes and their final market value...

First2Protect enhances landlord insurance offer with Modus partnership

First2Protect has launched a revamped landlord insurance product in collaboration with Modus, the insuretech...

We Are Mortgages extends partnership with Stonebridge

Brokerage firm We Are Mortgages has renewed its long-standing partnership with Stonebridge, the national...

Masthaven bolsters business development team with key hires

Specialist lender Masthaven Finance has made two strategic additions to its business development team,...

RAW Capital Partners introduces 70% LTV offering for expat borrowers

RAW Capital Partners is marking a decade of lending with a significant change to...

Guardian reports 40% rise in claims payouts

Guardian has revealed it paid over £21.3 million in life, terminal illness and critical...

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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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Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43%

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43 percentage points, with...

Mortgage Brain embeds LMS conveyancing service into CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated the LMS Select conveyancing platform directly into CRM Brain, allowing...

House prices stall as mortgage costs and Budget uncertainty weigh on market

UK house prices were unchanged in September as higher mortgage rates and wider economic...

Remortgage activity rebounds as higher rates weigh on home purchases

Remortgage applications returned to annual growth in the third quarter, helping to offset a...

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