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LHV Bank provides £14m bespoke buy-to-funding

LHV Bank has completed a £14 million specialist buy-to-let finance package for a private...

Pepper Money completes second charge for BTL investment and home improvements

Pepper Money has completed a second charge mortgage in partnership with The Loan Partnership...

Bridging finance market shows resilience and efficiency gains in 2024

The UK bridging finance sector demonstrated strong performance in 2024, maintaining steady lending volumes...

Will NatWest open the floodgates as one of the first hight-street lenders to make rate changes?

Lenders are adjusting their offerings following the Bank of England’s rate cut last week...

SortRefer reports record January

SortRefer has reported significant growth across all areas of the business during January 2025. The...

More couples turning to loans to fund weddings as costs rise

An increasing number of couples planning to marry in 2027 or beyond expect to...

ModaMortgages expands distribution with Mortgage Advice Bureau partnership

ModaMortgages has been added to Mortgage Advice Bureau’s (MAB) panel. The move means MAB’s mortgage...

InterBay completes £15m PBSA refinance

InterBay, part of OSB Group, has funded a £15m case to refinance 65 studio...

Close Brothers and Barwood Capital aim to boost SME housebuilding

Close Brothers Property Finance and Barwood Capital have partnered to provide what they argue...

Spring Finance acquires Masthaven Finance

Spring Finance's chief executive and owner, Andrew Bloom, has completed his acquisition of Masthaven...

First-time buyer mortgage costs rise 7.3% as affordability tightens

First-time buyers are facing increasing challenges in the housing market, with mortgage costs up...

Incorporation to be used by majority of acquisitive landlords

Seven out of 10 landlords who intend to buy a new buy-to-let property will...

Remortgage market set for revival as borrowers switch lenders

The UK remortgage market is expected to see a significant increase in activity this...

Paradigm adds Positive Lending to specialist referral panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of specialist lending packager and distributor Positive Lending to...

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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