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Landbay revamps small HMO and MUFB range

Landbay has unveiled new products and rate reductions across its range of small HMO...

Hinckley & Rugby BS unveils green retrofitting partnership

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has partnered with green retrofit specialist Retrogreen to create...

Majority of adults want action over empty buildings

Over a third of UK adults say their local area suffers from an excess...

Gatehouse Bank cuts HPP rates by 0.50%

Gatehouse Bank has made changes to its Home Purchase Plan products. The bank has cut...

MPowered Mortgages lowers rates by up to 30bps

MPowered Mortgages has cut rates across its range of two, three and five-year fixed...

Together refinances MBS warehouse facility

Together Financial Services has announced the refinancing of its Highfield Asset Backed Securitisation 1...

HTB provides £20m HMO portfolio refinancing facility

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £20m loan for the refinancing of a...

LiveMore launches £500 cashback range for over-50s

LiveMore has launched a fee-assisted £500 cashback mortgage range. Lending exclusively to borrowers over 50,...

Gen H unveils sub-5% rates

Gen H has announced another series of rate reductions, cutting its entire product range...

Stonebridge expands senior management team

Stonebridge has added to its senior management team with a new head of sales. John...

Atom bank cuts Prime range rates

Atom bank has again lowered rates on its Prime mortgage range for residential customers. This...

CSS forms strategic partnership with Mortgage Intelligence

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), the supplier of valuation panel management services, has formed a...

Acre provides new way for brokers to collect client fees

GoCardless, the bank payment company, has announced a partnership with Acre, the platform for...

Aspen completes on two high-end London property deals

Aspen has completed bridging loans totalling £6,120,000 on two high-end London properties in the...

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...

Latest news

Foundation raises income multiples for higher-earning mortgage borrowers

Foundation Home Loans has increased the amount higher-earning residential borrowers can access under changes...

Wealthy Advisers Club funds £997 wellbeing retreat place to MIMHC

The Wealthy Advisers Club has donated a fully funded place at its inaugural Digital...

Access FS mortgage business rises 46.8% in record July

Access Financial Services recorded its strongest month for mortgage business in July, with activity...

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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