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Female SME owners feel discriminated against by high street lenders

Female business leaders are facing gender inequality in commercial lending, which is hampering the...

Fleet Mortgages introduces new 65% LTV limited company deals

Fleet Mortgages has launched new limited company 65% loan to value (LTV) products and...

Alternative Bridging partners with children’s charity

Specialist property lender Alternative Bridging Corporation has partnered with the charity Spread a Smile. ...

Newcastle for Intermediaries signs up to MIMHC

Newcastle for Intermediaries has become the latest signatory to support the Mortgage Industry Mental...

Growing acceptance of borrowing into older age

61% of homeowners in the UK - equivalent to 18.7 million people – are...

LiveMore cuts five-year mortgage rates

LiveMore has reduced rates across a series of products by up to 0.58%. The cuts...

LendInvest Mortgages cuts bridging rates

LendInvest Mortgages has unveiled new rate reductions and changes to its bridging product proposition. The...

Legal & General to back Later Life Lending Collaboration adviser events

There are to be a series of free Later Life Lending Collaboration adviser events...

Pepper Money improves second charge criteria

Pepper Money has introduced enhanced lending criteria for self-employed second charge mortgage customers. The...

OMS reports 30% increase in Q1 completions

OMS has revealed a strong increase in Q1 business in 2024, with a 30.1%...

TRM network to hold PMI summit and awards

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club has announced details of its...

CA highlights ‘scope creep’ to parliamentary committee

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has stated that increased responsibilities placed upon conveyancers in recent...

Interbridge Mortgages launches second charge mortgage offering

Interbridge Mortgages has announced its entry into the UK second charge lending sector. The firm...

Norton Broker Services completes £330k complex bridge

Norton Broker Services has recently secured a purchase and refurbishment loan valued at £210,000...

COMMENT

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

Expat buy-to-let: a smaller world, a bigger picture

There has been no shortage of gloomy commentary about buy-to-let of late, so you might wonder why anyone living overseas would want to invest...

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...

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‘The Godfather’ joins Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

John ‘The Godfather’ Malone has been recruited as a judge for Mortgage’s Got Talent,...

Royal London introduces AI menopause support tool for staff

Royal London has launched an AI-powered tool designed to help employees and managers access...

Your First Home delays could stall first-time buyer market

Delays in launching the government's Your First Home scheme could cause first-time buyers to...

Foundation recruits former Metro Bank BDM to cover eastern region

Foundation has appointed Foz Ahmad as regional account manager for the East, bringing 12...

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