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Share of properties held in limited companies doubles in five years

The proportion of rental properties owned within limited companies has more than doubled over...

ScotLend partners with Brickflow to expand bridging finance offering

ScotLend has announced a partnership with property finance marketplace Brickflow to broaden its reach...

Nationwide reduces mortgage rates for new and existing customers

Nationwide is lowering selected mortgage rates for both new and existing customers, with reductions...

Majority of UK parents fear critical illness diagnosis for children

More than two-thirds of UK parents are concerned about the prospect of their child...

West One cuts residential and second charge rates

West One Loans has announced reductions across its residential and second charge mortgage ranges,...

ModaMortgages cuts rates by up to 10bps

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points (bps) across its buy-to-let...

Pivot Finance provides £3m bridge for Southampton student accommodation development

Pivot Finance has provided a £3m land bridge facility to support the acquisition of...

RICS: UK housing market stable as new listings rise

The UK housing market showed little change in January 2025, with sales activity remaining...

Butterfield Mortgages partnership to tackle food waste and hunger

Butterfield Mortgages has announced a new corporate partnership with The Felix Project, London’s largest...

HTB provides Homes by Honey with £25m facility

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has structured a £25 million revolving facility to support the...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries cuts rates and launches new products

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has lowered rates by up to 17 basis points (bps)...

Paradigm adds new mortgage module to CPD Test Zone

Paradigm has introduced a new mortgage test module to its CPD Academy’s Test Zone,...

Pepper Money unveils 20bp mortgage rate reductions

Pepper Money has cut the price of every mortgage product in its range by...

Tenn launches new capital facility across the UK

TENN has announced the launch of its new capital facility for the UK market,...

COMMENT

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

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....

Latest news

Goldman Sachs discloses 3.15% stake in Secure Trust Bank

Goldman Sachs has reported a 3.15% voting interest in Secure Trust Bank following a...

Market Harborough launches rental scheme offering deposit contributions to first-time buyers

Market Harborough Building Society is offering aspiring homeowners the chance to recover 60% of...

Tipton adds discounted rates for expat and limited company landlords

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has expanded its variable rate buy-to-let mortgage range with...

WIS Mortgages sets out five-year adviser growth strategy

WIS Mortgages has announced a five-year growth plan centred on expanding its adviser community...

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