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StrideUp reduces rates and improves criteria

StrideUp has cut its rates on both two and five-year fixed rates by 80bps...

Sellers being more realistic with asking prices, says Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that average new seller asking prices fell by 1.7% (-£6,088) over...

Two-thirds of UK workers using private healthcare

64% of workers reported using at least one form of private healthcare in 2023,...

Paragon unveils five-year fixed rate cuts

Paragon Bank has cut rates on six five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages, with lower rates...

MT Finance secures new revolving credit facility

Investment manager, Triple Point, and MT Finance have agreed a £30m corporate revolving credit...

HL Partnership and Property Circle announce collaboration

HL Partnership (HLP) is to collaborate with Property Circle that will improve HLP’s technology...

Bluestone reduces rates to support those with ‘complex credit needs’

Bluestone Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its entire fixed rate product range, including...

Foundation Home Loans cuts rates and broadens product options

Foundation Home Loans has made a number of price reductions in both its owner-occupied...

Record proportion of landlords report increase in tenant demand

71% of landlords have reported increasing levels of tenant demand in the third quarter...

The Later Life Lending Network reveals conference and winter ball plans

The Later Life Lending and Equity Release Network, part of The Right Mortgage, has...

Vida unveils five-year buy-to-let fixed rate reductions

Vida has announced rate reductions in its buy-to-let product range. Five-year fixed rates at 75%...

Roma Finance sees record month for new business

Roma Finance has reported that it achieved its record month in October following the...

Selina Finance joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added specialist homeowner loan and Home Equity Line...

Advise Wise adds Early Repayment Charge period sorting feature

Advise Wise, the later life sourcing platform, has launched a new feature allowing advisers...

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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