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OSB Group makes key personnel changes

OSB Group has introduced a new senior sales structure, designed to support its intermediary...

Belmont Green issues first securitisation deal of the year

Belmont Green, which trades as Vida Homeloans, has issued its first residential mortgage-backed security...

MPowered Mortgages cuts three-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has announced select rate reductions across its three-year fixed-rate mortgage range by...

Sharp rise in time and cost of planning permission for SMEs

Research commissioned by the Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF) and United Trust Bank...

Shawbrook first to offer limited company remortgages with PEXA

Shawbrook has become the first bank in the UK to provide limited companies with...

Foundation Home Loans cuts BTL and owner-occupied special rates

Foundation Home Loans has reduced rates on both its buy-to-let and Owner-Occupied Specials. The Buy-to-Let...

Over 5,000 customers using Pure Retirement account platform

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has reported that over 5,000 customers register and interact...

Property Circle appoints national account manager

Property Circle has appointed Sarah Hartwell to the role of national account manager. Hartnell (pictured)...

Bob Scott joins Movin Legal

Movin Legal, the national conveyancing panel management firm, has restructured its senior management team...

Phoebus joins open data trade body

Phoebus has joined UK trade body the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an...

Investec reduces rates by up to 54bps

Investec Bank has announced changes to its complete range of fixed rates for residential...

Precise Mortgages unveils new products

Precise Mortgages, part of the OSB Group, has announced reduced rates and new products...

FIBA unveils partnership with HSBC

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that HSBC has joined the...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts interest-only rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has made rate reductions of up to 1% across its interest-only proposition. The...
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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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Simplify’s trust gives £22,500 to nine local charities

The Simplify Charitable Trust has donated £22,500 to nine charities working in communities across...
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