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Roma Finance hires business development manager pair

Roma Finance has appointed Amer Watson and Shahed Popat as business development managers (BDMs). ...

Keystone Property Finance improves broker portal

Keystone Property Finance has made changes to its broker portal to make it easier...

Positive Lending expands regional sales team

Specialist packager, Positive Lending, has announced the addition of Sophie Burton to its account...

Optimum Finance appoints risk and recoveries manager

Optimum Finance has appointed Steve Chapman to manage and lead its risk and recoveries...

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...
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COMMENT

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Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos

In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

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Foundation raises income multiples for higher-earning mortgage borrowers

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