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Paymentshield unveils Refer and Protect proposition

Paymentshield has announced the full launch of its Refer and Protect proposition, with the...

Virgin Money makes slew of fixed rate reductions

Virgin Money is making a series of rate reductions to its fixed rate mortgage...

Leeds BS ups support for limited company BTL lending

Leeds Building Society has announced a series of improvements to its service for brokers...

Sharp rise in landlord use of incorporations

Paragon Bank has found that landlords who use limited company structures have incorporated an...

Toni Smith to lead Sesame network

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Toni Smith to the newly created role of...

Foundation brands announce rate cuts

The buy-to-let brand of specialist lender, Foundation Home Loans, has announced new rate cuts...

Signature Property Finance appoints relationship manager

Signature Property Finance has appointed Sean Carbery as its relationship manager for the Midlands. Carbery...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Perenna to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of market disrupter Perenna Bank to its lender...

Norton Home Loans ups max loan size and LTV

Norton Home Loans has increased its maximum loan to value (LTV) ratio and a...

Saffron for Intermediaries cuts owner-occupied rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions across its Owner Occupied range. The range also...

Coventry for intermediaries enhances application process

Coventry for intermediaries has added new functionality to its online system to make it...

Demand for new builds down 21% over five years

The number of sales agreed for new build homes has dropped by 21% to...

Tony Ward becomes Gen H chair

Gen H has announced the appointment of Tony Ward as the new chair of...

Call for government to simplify property taxes to help FTBs

Equity release adviser Key Later Life Finance is arguing that overhauling the tax rules...

COMMENT

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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