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The Buckinghamshire raises LTV for Skilled Worker visa borrowers

Buckinghamshire Building Society has extended its mortgage offering for foreign nationals with the launch...

OPDA selected as Smart Data Challenge finalist to prototype future of home buying and selling

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has been named one of 10 finalists in...

Young adults lead renewed interest in buy-to-let, new survey reveals

A third of UK adults still aspire to own a buy-to-let property despite widespread...

Beagle Street continues intermediary push with BDM hire

The OneFamily Group has appointed Hanna McKallip as business development manager for its Beagle...

Acre adds RMAR automation to ease regulatory burden on advisers

Acre has introduced automated Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) reporting to its CRM system...

The Suffolk eases lending rules for foreign nationals, expats and downsizers

Suffolk Building Society has announced a relaxation of its lending criteria for three key...

Hilco provides £8.25m loan on Manchester property

Hilco Real Estate Finance has completed an £8.25m bridging facility secured against a former...

Shepherds Friendly expands intermediary reach with Simplybiz deal

Shepherds Friendly has struck a new distribution deal with Simplybiz as part of its...

Royal London appoints ‘take to market lead’

Royal London has announced the appointment of Setul Mehta to the role of 'take...

Millions risk retirement finance shortfall due to life expectancy misjudgement

A growing mismatch between public expectations and actuarial reality on life expectancy could leave...

Industry leaders urged to take sleep seriously as Carers Week highlights wellbeing risks

As National Carers Week begins, financial services professionals are being reminded to take their...

Norton Broker Services appoints Vincent Ricks as telephone BDM

Norton Broker Services has expanded its intermediary support team with the appointment of Vincent...

The Skipton launches retrofit blueprint to accelerate net zero transition

Skipton Building Society has unveiled 'The Big Retrofit', a landmark project designed to demonstrate...

UnderwriteMe announces leadership reshuffle to drive expansion

UnderwriteMe has announced a series of senior leadership changes as the life insurance technology...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...