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Pepper improves self-employed affordability calculations

Pepper Money has enhanced its self-employed criteria, including the introduction of the ability to...

InterBay completes £42.5m portfolio refinance

InterBay has provided financing on a complex refinance deal totalling £42.5m, comprising of 94...

Transaction infrastructure firm joins OPDA

Movemnt has become the latest organisation to join the Open Property Data Association (OPDA),...

Noble succeeds Mielczarek as Chetwood Financial CEO

Andy Mielczarek is stepping down as CEO of Chetwood Financial, with Paul Noble announced...

Catalyst introduces AVM and desktop bridging range

Catalyst has unveiled new AVM and desktop valuation unregulated bridging products. Partnering with Rightmove...

Major improvements in mortgage processing times over past two years

High street mortgage lenders have reduced their average application processing time by 30%, from...

Compliance consultancy joins Equity Release Council

Financial services consultancy and operations specialist, Square 4, has become the latest member of...

Advise Wise introduces platform medical detail improvements

Advise Wise now allows advisers to input clients’ medical information using metric units for...

VAS Panel appoints valuation audit manager

VAS Panel has appointed Rebecca Mohammed MRICS as valuation audit manager, strengthening its Quality...

Gen H appoints NEDs

Gen H has announced the appointments of Maria Harris and Peter Walker to its...

Suros Capital saves property transaction with artwork

Suros Capital, the luxury asset backed short term lender, has been able to rescue...

Barclays adds new deals and cuts rates

Barclays has launched a range of new mortgage products designed to appeal to first-time...

Hope Capital creates new business support division

Hope Capital has promoted Charlotte Holt to the position of operations and finance manager...

Fleet Mortgages welcomes new BDM for North London

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) to...

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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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Rental market divides as London supply squeeze drives up rents

Average advertised rents outside London have exceeded £1,400 a month for the first time,...

More homes within reach but 5% mortgage rates hold buyers back

More than half of two and three-bedroom houses are now within reach of households...

Lenders Live: Flexible lending, fees and remortgage surge

Building societies should use technology to improve service while retaining the flexibility that helps...

High-value homes and London flats face tougher selling conditions

Properties valued at £2 million or more are taking more than twice as long...

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