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Trust and transparency top list for older homeowners seeking advice

Older homeowners place a premium on trust, transparency and tailored advice when dealing with...

Gen H pushes into new build market with 90% LTV lending offer

Gen H has unveiled a significant expansion of its mortgage offering with the launch...

Foundation Home Loans expands Property Plus with short-term lets

Foundation Home Loans has made a significant update to its Property Plus range, introducing...

Conveyancing Association bolsters leadership team with new director appointments

The Conveyancing Association has confirmed the appointment of two new board members, with Rhodri...

First-time buyers claim bigger slice of mortgage market as conditions ease

First-time buyers are taking a significantly larger share of the mortgage market, according to...

Buckinghamshire BS boosts Credit Restore LTV to 75%

Buckinghamshire Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value on its Credit Restore mortgage range...

Gable Mortgages launches zero-deposit products to support first-time buyers

Gable Mortgages has entered the UK market with the launch of two zero-deposit mortgage...

Aspen Bridging cut rates by up to 72bps following MPC decision

Aspen Bridging has unveiled a sweeping set of rate reductions across its product range,...

LHV Bank completes £5m refinancing for specialist care home assets

LHV Bank has completed a £5 million commercial real estate facility to refinance two...

InterBay backs £5.3m acquisition of London teaching site

Specialist lender InterBay has provided £5.3m in finance to support the purchase of a...

Afin Bank selects Nivo to streamline broker communication

Afin Bank, the new entrant to the UK mortgage market backed by African reinsurer...

Landbay slashes buy-to-let rates by up to 80bps

Landbay has announced a significant round of rate reductions across its buy-to-let product range,...

Robin Jeffery appointed as CTO at Phoebus Software

Phoebus Software has named Robin Jeffery as its new chief technology officer, as the...

Homebuyers call for urgent digital reform as frustration with property process mounts

A major new report published today by the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) reveals...

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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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TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...

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...

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