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Hodge improves 50+, RIO and holiday let criteria

Hodge has made major changes to its 50+, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and Holiday...

Shawbrook competes BTL deal in 37 hours

Shawbrook has completed a buy-to-let remortgage for a new customer in 37 working hours. The...

Aviva Equity Release becomes Air Select Ambassador

Air has announced that Aviva will be joining its group of Air Select Ambassadors...

April Mortgages extends Stonebridge distribution arrangement

April Mortgages has extended the distribution of its range of mortgages to the whole...

Own New Rate Reducer set to lower borrowing rates for new home purchases

Own New is to launch a mortgage product which it claims will bring lower...

Interest in new-build homes continues to dwindle

E.surv’s latest Property Watch report has concluded that the UK housing market has shown...

National Conveyancing Week event programme announced

The complete series of National Conveyancing Week (NCW) events, which takes place between 11-15...

Clearing existing mortgage still top reason for releasing equity

Clearing an existing mortgage remains the top motivation for releasing equity (41%) for the...

Molo Finance introduces expat buy-to-let mortgage offering

Molo Finance has announced the launch of expat buy-to-let mortgages for British nationals residing...

Jane Simpson joins Legal & General Mortgage Services

Legal & General Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Jane Simpson as strategic...

Tandem Bank unveils affordability calculator

Tandem has announced the launch of its affordability calculator to support intermediaries. Brokers can...

Comentis introduces equity release mental capacity assessment

Comentis, the duty of care assessment company, has launched a new mental capacity assessment...

Suffolk BS reduces expat mortgage rates

Suffolk Building Society is cutting its expat residential mortgages by up to 55 basis...

Legal & General Home Finance adopts Optimo

Finova's decisioning engine, Optimo, has been adopted by Legal & General Home Finance to...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

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 Leasehold Reform

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM)...
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Conveyancing costs hold at 0.53% of house prices

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