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Bluestone Mortgages reduces rates again

Bluestone Mortgages has announced further rate reductions across its entire fixed rate product range. These...

CSS appoints associate director of client relationships

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced the appointment of Rebecca Lohoar as associate director...

LiveMore reduces all over-50 products’ mortgage rates

LiveMore has cut rates across all its mortgage products by up to 0.29 percentage...

Under-50s increasingly receiving financial support via released equity

New research from Hodge has found that almost two-thirds of people who are receiving...

Reward Finance provides its largest loan to date

A Yorkshire-based property company, which specialises in buying homes for cash in seven days,...

Reparo Finance launches digital portal to fast-track submissions

SME lender, Reparo Finance, has launched a new digital portal to improve the deal...

MPowered Mortgages joins Openwork Partnership lender panel

The Openwork Partnership has announced the addition of MPowered Mortgages to its lender panel. Its...

Finova adds Earl Shilton BS to lender panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced a new partnership with Earl Shilton Building...

Key factors for tenant satisfaction revealed

New research from specialist lending bank OSB Group has found that tenants value location,...

Paradigm unveils new technology hub

Paradigm has introduced a new online Technology Hub collating information, opportunities and partnerships to...

Royal London widens critical illness definitions

Royal London has widened the coverage on its critical illness cover by improving, changing...

Pepper Money launches latest specialist lending study

Pepper Money has launched its 2023 Specialist Lending Study, which aims to provide brokers...

Somo launches #SomoComfort&Joy Christmas campaign

Somo Bridging is delivering a festive campaign of presents and a luxury Michelin starred...

Kensington issues first securitisation in two years

Kensington Mortgages has successfully priced a new securitisation, Gemgarto 2023-1, a £548m residential mortgage-backed...

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...

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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