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Aldermore supports management buy-in with asset finance facility

Aldermore bank has provided a multi-million pound asset based lending (ABL) facility to Astwood...

Suros Capital funds renovation of student flats within 24 hours

Suros Capital has provided a fast funding solution for a client who needed a...

Market Financial Solutions extends institutional funding line

Market Financial Solutions has renegotiated and extended an institutional funding line worth £1.5 billion...

Paragon Bank’s new limited edition BTL rates start at 4.74%

Paragon Bank has launched limited edition five-year fixed-rate deals at 65% loan to value...

Surprise as house prices surge at fastest rate in two years

House prices in the UK rose at their quickest pace in two years in...

West One lowers buy-to-let rates

West One Loans has cut rates in its buy-to-let range by up to 15...

Sirius Finance completes Sussex pub transaction

Sirius Finance has completed a multi-million-pound deal to fund the purchase of a new...

Finova Broker adds Norton Broker Services to club panel

Norton Broker Services has been added to the finova Payment & Mortgage Services’ (fPMS)...

Simply Conveyancing shuts Peterborough office, citing strategic shift, amid pre-Christmas redundancies

Simply Conveyancing has announced the closure of its Peterborough office, with over half of...

Hope Capital partners with DeskVal for quicker turnarounds

Hope Capital has teamed up with DeskVal to offer a new, "instant" automated system...

Fleet relaunches 65%/75% LTV 5-year fixes with fee options

Fleet Mortgages has relaunched its range of 65% and 75% LTV five-year fixed-rate products...

Clydesdale Bank announces mortgage rate hikes

Clydesdale Bank is increasing the rates on a number of different mortgage products on...

IMLA welcomes Charman’s AMI appointment

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has welcomed the appointment of Stephanie Charman as...

AMI reveals Sinclair’s successor as chief executive

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has announced that Stephanie Charman has been appointed...

COMMENT

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

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...

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AI-driven direct lending could erode mainstream mortgage advisers’ market share

Mortgage lenders could use artificial intelligence to attract more customers directly, putting pressure on...

Stamp duty exemption for downsizers could revive housing transactions

Removing stamp duty for older homeowners and people moving to smaller properties could help...

Interest rate expectations too pessimistic as inflation pressures ease

Financial markets may be overestimating the outlook for UK interest rates, with inflation potentially...

Landlords face changing buy-to-let market as lenders predict continued demand

Specialist lenders expect the buy-to-let sector to remain resilient despite regulatory changes, although attracting...

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