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MFS secures extended funding lines

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has renewed and increased the size of a series of...

West One Loans changes core BTL range eligibility

West One Loans has announced changes to its first charge buy-to-let fixed rate product...

Sourcing funding is greatest difficulty for developers

New research from Shawbrook has found that property developers say funding is their key...

ModaMortgages appoints new BDM

ModaMortgages has appointed George Morgan as business development manager (BDM) for the Midlands, East...

New index shows scale of homebuying affordability challenge in UK

Skipton Group has launched its Home Affordability Index today. It combines data on the...

Castle Trust Bank makes SW sales team appointment

Castle Trust Bank has bolstered its sales team with the recruitment of Nathan Thorne...

CLSQ unveils Title&Tenure

CLSQ has launched Title&Tenure, a solution designed to streamline the mortgage lending process. Title&Tenure provides...

Iress integrates with AI advice assistant

Iress has announced a new integration with AI-driven PlannerPal, adding to the list of...

LHV Bank completes £750k care home bridge

LHV Bank has provided a loan of £750,000 for the acquisition and refurbishment of...

Chancellor urged to make Stamp Duty reform a Budget priority

The Coventry Building Society has called for Stamp Duty reform to be made a...

Dudley BS achieves B Corp certification

Dudley Building Society has become the first regional UK building society to achieve B...

LSL Property Services appoints chief operating officer

Peter Stevenson has been appointed by LSL Property Services as chief operating officer for...

April Mortgages partners with Coreco

April Mortgages has announced a new partnership with Coreco. Coreco is a London-based provider of...

Hodge improves 50+ and RIO criteria

Hodge has made changes to the criteria on its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

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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TMG Mortgage Network strengthens finance team with senior appointment

TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Donna Bibby as head of finance, with responsibility for...

Homeowners turn to mortgage brokers for guidance ahead of Budget

Mortgage brokers could face increased demand for advice following the Autumn Budget, with 93%...

Halifax updates mortgage application platform ahead of Lloyds rebrand

Halifax Intermediaries has introduced an updated online mortgage application system designed to simplify case...

Northern England dominates property hotspots as buyers seek better value

More than half of England and Wales's 50 leading emerging property hotspots are in...

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