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SMEs express real dilemma over Net Zero

Following the COP28 conference which ended last week, research from specialist business lending provider,...

360 Dotnet integrates with UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform

360 Dotnet and UnderwriteMe have announced a new partnership. The integration of UnderwriteMe's Protection Platform...

Buckinghamshire BS introduces new shared ownership offering

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a shared ownership mortgage product designed to assist applicants...

Pure Retirement joins Criterion’s Equity Release Governance Group

Pure Retirement has become the latest firm to become a member of Criterion’s Equity...

Vida makes residential and BTL rate cuts

Vida is making rate reductions across its product range. Residential rates have been reduced by...

Investec provides £15.6m development loan

Investec Real Estate has provided Moorfield Group, a UK-focused real estate fund manager, with...

MPC ends year with rate hold

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has chosen to freeze the Bank...

Rosemount reveals 2024 Annual Conference speaker line-up

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has published their annual conference speaker line-up. This year’s event being...

Over four-fifths of brokers say BDMs play a vital role

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that 83.7% of brokers...

Bluestone Mortgages to offer 95% LTV Deposit Unlock deal

Bluestone Mortgages is to expand lending to more first–time buyers through the Deposit Unlock...

Clever Lending completes £1m semi-commercial refinance

Clever Lending has recently helped a business customer who needed to refinance a semi-commercial...

Mistrust of technology risks money laundering

36% of people in regulated firms who say they can’t trust electronic ID verification...

Just Mortgages records best December for self-employed inductions

The self-employed division at national brokerage Just Mortgages is having its busiest ever December...

Investec reduces mortgage rates by up to 0.55%

Investec Bank has announced changes to its residential and buy-to-let tracker range with rate...
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COMMENT

Comment

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

Foundation Home Loans has increased the amount higher-earning residential borrowers can access under changes...
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Wealthy Advisers Club funds £997 wellbeing retreat place to MIMHC

The Wealthy Advisers Club has donated a fully funded place at its inaugural Digital...
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Access FS mortgage business rises 46.8% in record July

Access Financial Services recorded its strongest month for mortgage business in July, with activity...
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LiveMore launches mortgage podcast for brokers and advisers

LiveMore has launched a podcast series covering developments in the specialist and later-life lending...

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