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Suffolk Building Society now accepts JBSP applications

Suffolk Building Society is welcoming joint borrower sole proprietor (JBSP) applications across residential, buy-to-let,...

LHV Bank proves commercial mortgage for luxury event venue

LHV Bank has completed a commercial mortgage for Broxmouth Park Estate, a luxury wedding...

Conveybuddy pledges charity donation with all completed cases

Conveybuddy has introduced a new charitable initiative aimed at supporting vital causes across the...

UK house prices reach two-year high

Halifax has reported that house prices increased by 0.3% in August 2024, after the...

United Trust Bank Mortgages creates new director role

United Trust Bank Mortgages has announced that Barry Luhmann has been appointed to the...

Time Finance agrees increased NatWest funding facility

Time Finance has renewed and expanded its Back-to-Back invoice finance funding with NatWest, increasing...

Castle Trust Bank introduces rate cuts

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates across its range, including Heavy Refurbishment with Drawdowns,...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts prime and impaired credit rates

Buckinghamshire Building Society has repriced its product offering, with rate reductions of up to...

OneFamily appoints head of data strategy

The OneFamily Group has appointed Jose Cruz da Angela as head of data strategy. He...

HTB unveils dual representation for bridging

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced dual representation for bridging cases and expanded its...

MHBS cuts bridging finance rates

Market Harborough Building Society has lowered its bridging rates by up to two basis...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries improves criteria

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has made changes to its Income Flex product criteria,...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Loans Warehouse

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has announced a new partnership with Loans Warehouse. The arrangement will...

Hope Capital provides £14m funding for three deals

Hope Capital has completed three cases for a repeat borrower totalling £14m. Working with Chris...

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Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

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...

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Foundation cuts buy-to-let rates and relaxes holiday-let occupancy rules

Foundation has reduced rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to 0.10 percentage points...

FintechOS: Firms have two years to embrace AI or get left behind

Financial services firms have no more than two years to embed artificial intelligence into...

Financial services must move beyond AI experimentation to deliver real returns

Financial services firms risk wasting substantial investment in artificial intelligence unless they fundamentally rethink...

RAW Capital Partners sets new lending record as product range expands

RAW Capital Partners has reported record annual lending volumes for 2026, surpassing its total...

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