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MHBS unveils fixed rate bridging deals

Specialist lender Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has introduced a series of new products...

Allica Bank supports care home operator’s growth plans

A commercial mortgage from Allica Bank has enabled Ashley Care Group to purchase the...

Time Finance appoints relationship executive

Time Finance has welcomed Karen Blanchard to its invoice finance team as a relationship...

13,000+ solar panels installed during record warm September

Over 13,000 solar panels were installed on UK homes during the joint-warmest September on...

Suros Capital reports major rise in business enquiries

Suros Capital has reported a 40% rise in enquiries this year about business purposes...

Leeds BS improves buy-to-let rates

Leeds Building Society has instituted rate reductions across its buy-to-let mortgage range. Following rate cuts...

Hodge cuts rates across RIO mortgage range by up to 40bps

Hodge has announced cuts to its later life lending products, with rates across its...

United Trust Bank appoints bridging BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Gary Lomax as business development manager in its...

Sesame Bankhall Group partners with HSBC Life (UK)

Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, have announced a...

Three in 10 landlords looking to expand portfolios

32% of buy-to-let landlords plan to buy property in the next 12 months, according...

Duty on firms to recognise impact on disabled clients

Support provider MorganAsh has warned that financial services firms must understand the financial impact...

“Bold ideas” wanted to transform home buying using Smart Data

The Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works, the Open Data Institute (ODI) and...

Growth opportunities for Scottish hospitality sector

Opportunities in the hospitality sector in Scotland still remain for businesses to expand and...

Optimum Finance provides facility to Chinese pancake business

Ming Foods, a food production business that has made around two billion Chinese pancakes...
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COMMENT

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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...
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Wealthy Advisers Club funds £997 wellbeing retreat place to MIMHC

The Wealthy Advisers Club has donated a fully funded place at its inaugural Digital...
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Access FS mortgage business rises 46.8% in record July

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