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Mansfield BS launches long-term credit repair fix

Mansfield Building Society has announced the launch of a new long-term fixed rate product...

ASG Finance’s new short-term rates from 0.6%

ASG Finance has reduced rates across its product range and unveiled a new bridging...

InterBay provides £54.5m refinance on ESG-accredited offices

InterBay has completed a commercial refinance totalling £54.5m in two locations in central London. The...

Bank rate cuts boost optimism for 2025 despite Budget pause

Rightmove’s real-time data shows some early signs of a post-Bank-Rate-cut uptick in buyer demand,...

New Forest maintains National Park house price top spot

The New Forest in Hampshire is the most expensive National Park in the UK...

Funder to invest £250m into UK prime real estate

Mera Investment Management is planning to deploy £150 million of private capital to fund...

Hilco provides £2.3m bridge to developer

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £2.3m loan to Zentra Group, a...

Equifax UK’s new lender solution promises better affordability assessments

Equifax UK has launched Affordability 360, a new solution for lenders. It mixes bureau insights...

Hinckley & Rugby unveils retrofit partnership

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has teamed up with Digital Buildings to launch a...

Atom bank provides £640k commercial mortgage to first-time buyer

Atom bank has completed a £640,000 commercial mortgage for a care home provider overlooked...

Tandem appoints chief financial officer

Tandem Bank has appointed Matt Dobson as its new chief financial officer (CFO), subject...

Mortimer Street Capital completes £27.5m commercial refinance

Mortimer Street Capital (MSC) has completed its largest deal to date since launching in...

Hope Capital appoints pair of national account managers

Hope Capital has restructured its sales team alongside the promotions of David Weir and...

Landbay slashes buy-to-let fixed rates

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has reduced rates across its fixed rate product range by up...

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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