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Atom bank passes £1bn commercial completion mark

Atom bank has reached the milestone of £1 billion in commercial mortgage completions. The lender...

Melanie Spencer joins Target Group

Melanie Spencer has joined Target Group as growth and sales lead, to help drive...

LHV Bank finances £7m residential investment property purchase

LHV Bank has completed a loan of around £7m for the purchase of a...

Aspen saves Turkish client’s apartment deposit

An overseas property professional saved their deposit on a new-build London apartment after Aspen...

Mansfield BS to lend on 10-storey flats

Mansfield Building Society has extended the range of property types on its owner-occupied residential...

Precise revamps buy-to-let offering

Precise has made a number of changes across its buy-to-let product range, including reduced...

£1bn paid out in Stamp Duty in May

Coventry Building Society has analysed the latest HMRC figures and established that homebuyers paid...

Landmark partners with Net Zero Now

Landmark Information Group has announced a new strategic partnership with carbon action specialists, Net...

Virgin Money changes Fix and Switch rates

Virgin Money is making some changes to a series of mortgage products tonight (Thursday...

MHBS appoints head of strategic planning and customer proposition

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has named Andy Taylor as its head of strategic...

Landlords with HMOs remain confident about market

Half of landlords with Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) say they use their property...

SME finance provider launches commercial broker survey

Asset Advantage, a provider of business finance for SMEs, has launched a survey to...

Atom bank cuts Prime rates once again

Atom bank has lowered rates across its entire range of Prime mortgage products. Rates are...

New identity for ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) is rebranding to become the Bridging &...

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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