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Hope Capital unveils refurb ‘flip’ loan

Hope Capital has announced a new 'flip loan' targeting borrowers who are looking to...

Over-55s struggling to pay off mortgage before retirement

New research from Key Later Life Finance has found that over-55 homeowners are making...

ModaMortgages appoints two new BDMs

ModaMortgages has hired Shannon O'Malley and Thomas Churchill as business development managers (BDMs). O’Malley...

BuildStore Mortgage Services partners with L&C Mortgages

BuildStore Mortgage Services has entered a strategic partnership with L&C Mortgages. BuildStore is a...

Stonebridge hires national recruitment manager

Stonebridge has appointed a second national recruitment manager in as many months. Stevie Berry, the...

LendInvest Mortgages launches new expat BTL deals and cuts rates

LendInvest Mortgages has announces the launch of its new expat buy-to-let mortgage products. The new...

Market Harborough BS cuts fixed rates and expands bridging finance

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced its residential and buy-to-let fixed rates by 0.20%,...

LHV Bank makes lending director appointments

LHV Bank has appointed three new lending directors to its lending team. The appointments are...

April Mortgages simplifies its procuration fee structure

April Mortgages has launched a new, improved proc fee structure, in response to broker...

Underwriter telephone access growing in importance

A survey commissioned by Pepper Money has found that telephone access to underwriters is...

Top barriers to homeownership revealed

New research from Bluestone Mortgages has revealed the leading barriers to homeownership. For 37% of...

Phoebus partners with OMS Originations

Phoebus, the software provider for mortgage and savings account servicing, has partnered with One...

Suros Capital sees growth in art as loan security

Luxury asset-backed short-term lender, Suros Capital, has reported a rise in loans secured against...

Saffron for Intermediaries unveils Professional Income Boost proposition

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced the launch of its Professional Income Boost range, which...

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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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Property transactions fall as autumn housing market recovery stalls

Housing market activity weakened across England and Wales during the third quarter of 2026,...

Accord reduces mortgage rates on 95% LTV deals

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected residential mortgage rates by up to 0.26 percentage points...

HTB raises HMO mortgage LTV limit to 80%

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has increased its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratio for eligible houses...

GB Bank introduces single-solicitor option for property refinancing

GB Bank has introduced dual legal representation for eligible buy-to-let and bridging refinancing applications,...

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