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West One Loans eases BTL stress test requirements

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has cut rates by up to 70 basis points...

MT Finance adds AVMs to bridging offering

MT Finance has announced its introduction of automated valuation models (AVMs) to its bridging...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts all fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced all fixed rates, with lowered options available for new...

Landbay revamps five-year fixed rate product range

Landbay has announced a major rate reduction across its entire standard five-year fixed rate...

Hope Capital improves employee benefit scheme

Hope Capital is investing significantly in its internal wellbeing and benefits scheme, myHOPE. ...

Broker advice “still vital” for protection consumers

New research by the Exeter has found that a clear majority of UK workers...

West One Loans lowers residential rates and overhauls criteria

West One Loans has reduced its residential rates by up to 100 basis points...

Paragon makes criteria changes and rate reductions

Paragon Bank has reduced rates on five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages by up to 70bps,...

UTB cuts bridging rates and lowers minimum loan size

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made a series of changes and rate reductions of...

LiveMore cuts over-50s’ mortgage rates

LiveMore has further reduced mortgage rates across its entire range of products by up...

Atom bank cuts prime and near prime rates

Atom bank has lowered its prime mortgage rates by up to 0.30 percentage points...

Chetwood Financial appoints COO

Chetwood Financial has announced Julian Hynd as its new chief operating officer (COO). Hynd...

Brokers more optimistic about year ahead than 12 months ago

Crystal Specialist Finance has surveyed over 10,000 brokers for the second year running and...

StrideUp makes fixed rate reductions of 80bps

StrideUp has cut rates on its two, five and 10-year fixed rate products by...
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COMMENT

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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