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Nicholas Christofi launches new real estate advisory firm

Karis Capital has announced its launch as a real estate debt advisory firm with...

MHBS launches new no-fee mortgage range

Market Harborough Building Society has introduced a new suite of mortgages with no product...

Paragon Bank makes BTL fixed rate reductions

Paragon Bank has lowered rates by up to 40bps on 13 fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages,...

Funding Circle and Atom bank embark on new lending partnership

Funding Circle and Atom bank have announced a new lending partnership that will provide...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils new buy-to-let range

LendInvest Mortgages has launched a new buy-to-let product suite with reductions and larger loan...

IMLA reveals management committee for 2024/25

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has announced the appointment of Richard Beardshaw as...

Assetz Capital reappoints relationship director in Scottish team

Assetz Capital has reappointed Geoff O’Brien as relationship director, based in Scotland. O’Brien (pictured, left)...

Newcastle Intermediaries reduces interest-only rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has made rate reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points across its...

Air teams up with New Leaf Distribution

Air, the later-life lending platform, has partnered with New Leaf Distribution to bolster the...

Bankhall rolls out Model Office to DA firms

Bankhall is updating its audit process with the roll-out of Model Office-MO to its...

Paul Brett to exit Landbay

Paul Brett, managing director of intermediaries, is to leave the business to set up...

Pepper Money cuts over 300 rates

Pepper Money has reduced rates across more than 300 products across its Residential and...

Atom bank lowers Prime low LTV fixed rates

Atom bank has reduced rates again on its Prime mortgage range for residential customers,...

OMS in API integration with Air Sourcing

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced a full application programming interface (API) integration with...

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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