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Precise Mortgages widens product transfer range

Precise Mortgages has increased its number of product transfer options. The addition of products with...

Leeds BS expands limited company buy-to-let lending

Leeds Building Society has announced further support for brokers and intermediaries who are working...

Paymentshield appoints strategic partnerships manager

General insurance provider Paymentshield has appointed Craig Kerrigan to the role of strategic partnerships...

HTB provides complex £12.5m bridge for refinancing

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £12.5 million bridging loan deal for a...

Pure Retirement’s portfolio surpasses £5bn

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has surpassed £5 billion of loans serviced, following its...

Moray Hulme retires from Paragon Bank

Paragon Bank's director of mortgage sales, Moray Hulme, has today retired from the company...

LendInvest completes £410m securitisation

LendInvest BTL Limited has completed the group's fifth and largest securitisation of £410 million...

Loughborough BS improves mortgage criteria

Loughborough Building Society has implemented positive criteria changes to help address ongoing affordability issues...

Fleet Mortgages reduces select tracker and fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has reduced rates on selected Tracker and Green Tracker products, as well...

Foundation Home Loans reduces Special rates

Foundation Home Loans has launched new Special rates across both its buy-to-let and owner-occupied...

Asset finance trends changing as SME demand rises

Data from Time Finance have revealed changing appetites amongst SMEs for financing for the...

Guardian bolsters Anytime service

Guardian’s existing and new policyholders across all cover types will be able to benefit...

Renewed landlord confidence in five-year fixes

Landbay’s latest landlord survey has indicated that remortgaging landlords have a restored confidence in...

CHL Mortgages expands range with rates from 3.65%

CHL Mortgages has expanded its product proposition and has organised it into two distinct...

COMMENT

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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Santander backs Octopus Zero Bills homes with affordability mortgage

Santander has launched a mortgage that could allow buyers of eligible Octopus Zero Bills...

Affordability rule changes drive borrowers towards new lenders

Mortgage advisers are increasingly using modified affordability assessments to move borrowers to new lenders...

Yorkshire Building Society lending rises as impairment charge weighs on profit

Yorkshire Building Society increased mortgage lending in the first half of 2026, although a...

Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

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