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Clever Lending completes HOBL for commercial investment

Clever Lending has helped a customer raise funds for the purchase of a commercial...

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...

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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