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Time Finance appoints relationship manager

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Mike Cavanagh as relationship manager in its...

Huge variations in ‘Bank of Family’ support across the country

Housing affordability is worsening across all UK regions, forcing many aspiring homeowners to depend...

Hampshire Trust Bank finances £800k semi-commercial bridge

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has facilitated a £800k semi-commercial bridging loan which allows the...

Reward makes strategy and programme director appointment

Reward Finance Group has appointed Sharon Ellis as its strategy and programme director. ...

Molo Finance partners with Propflo for energy efficiency upgrades

Molo Finance has announced its strategic collaboration with Propflo, an AI-driven proptech startup. This partnership...

House prices continue downward trend

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that average UK house prices increased...

Paradigm adds Market Harborough BS to panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Market Harborough Building Society to its lender panel. From...

Conveyancing Association launches Future Digital Conveyancing Protocol

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its Future Digital Conveyancing Protocol document to help...

Atom bank expands care homes criteria

Atom bank has enhanced its care home product to accept applications from first time...

Paymentshield adds direct referral facility for brokers

General insurance (GI) provider Paymentshield has launched a new service where advisers can refer...

Keystone cuts rates and adds higher arrangement fee option

Keystone Property Finance reduced cut its rates by up to 10 basis points and...

Norton Group unveils new director of compliance

Norton Group has recruited Marc Howson as director of compliance. He is tasked with overseeing...

Graeme Wade joins Positive Lending

Positive Lending has announced the appointment of Graeme Wade. Wade (pictured) has over 20...

The Right DA Club adds HSBC Life to panel

The Right DA Club has announced the addition of HSBC Life (UK) to its...

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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