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Legal & General Group Protection updates critical illness definitions

Legal & General Group Protection has updated its Group critical illness cover (CIC) definitions...

Finvest completes application process pilot with Nivo

Specialist property finance brokerage Finvest has transformed its business a following a successful pilot...

OMS appoints business partnership and growth director

One Mortgage System (OMS) has appointed Melanie Spencer as its business partnership and growth...

Property Circle launches lead generator platform

Technology firm, Property Circle, has launched a platform to help mortgage brokers, letting agents...

MPowered Mortgages launches new 90% LTV range

MPowered Mortgages has launched a new range of 90% LTV mortgages. The lender has...

Paragon Bank appoints development finance relationship director

Greg Dunne has been appointed relationship director in Paragon Bank’s development finance division. Dunne (pictured)...

ASTL makes new executive board appointments

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced the appointment of two new...

Atom bank partners with Assetz Capital

Assetz Capital is to become a key introducer of commercial mortgage loan applications to...

The Loan Partnership completes second charge in 13 days

The Loan Partnership has recently completed a second charge mortgage for a customer in...

Mortgage Broker Tools passes million case milestone

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has revealed that it has processed more than one million...

BestAdvice is now on holiday!

The team at BestAdvice are now taking their annual holiday from 21 to 31...

Skipton cuts 100% Track Record rate

Skipton is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range for new business and existing...

Paradigm adds Crystal Specialist Finance to panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Crystal Specialist Finance to its distribution panel. Crystal...

Nottingham BS updates interest-only mortgage terms

Nottingham Building Society has announced an update to its mortgage offerings, introducing an update...

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...

Latest news

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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