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Buy to Let by Foundation launches new HMO fee-assisted deals

‘Buy to Let by Foundation’, the buy-to-let brand of Foundation Home Loans, has introduced...

Rob Syrett takes new role at HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the promotion of Rob Syrett to a new...

MBE North speakers and panellists revealed

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed its lineup of speakers and panellists for its...

Crystal makes two strategic promotions

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has made two strategic promotions within its sales division as...

Hope Capital creates new underwriting role

Hope Capital has announced it has added a new role to its underwriting department...

Royal London appoints group COO

Royal London has announced the appointment of Peter Josse as its new group chief...

SortRefer reveals 2024 regional event programme

SortRefer has announced the launch of its 2024 programme of regional events aimed at promoting...

Paradigm in technology partnership with Acre

Acre, the intermediary platform, has announced a new partnership with Paradigm, the mortgage, protection...

West One Loans expands residential product availability to all brokers in Scotland

Following its pilot, West One Loans has opened up its residential range to all...

Potential FTBs put off by mortgage difficulties

The negative experience of securing a mortgage is deterring 42% of aspiring first-time buyers...

Cirencester Friendly appoints new director of customer experience

Cirencester Friendly has created a new position of director of customer experience. Michelle West-Wiggins, the...

Property investors remain bullish despite challenges

Property investors in the UK are optimistic for the year ahead, despite facing persistent...

Magnet Capital joins ASTL

Magnet Capital has become the latest lender member to join the Association of Short...

Virgin Money increases fixed rate pricing

Virgin Money has increased a number of its fixed rate mortgage products. The changes are...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM)...

Conveyancing costs hold at 0.53% of house prices

Conveyancing costs remained unchanged as a proportion of UK house prices during the year...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers...

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