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Mortgage approvals at highest level since October 2022

The Bank of England has revealed that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals...

West One cuts limited edition fixed rates

West One Loans has reduced rates by up to 100 basis points across its...

A quarter of landlords look for higher-rated EPC properties

Research from Paragon Bank has found that proposed tougher energy efficiency requirements for rental...

Silbury Finance provides £67m loan for 341-home development

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed development lender, has provided a £67 million senior...

Cirencester Friendly announces new chair and board member

Cirencester Friendly has announced that Vicky Churcher has been appointed as a new non-executive...

Open Property Data Association unveils first intermediary exec member

Dale Jannels, CEO at One Mortgage System (OMS), has joined the executive committee of...

MPowered Mortgages cuts five-year fixed rate range

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its five-year fixed rate residential mortgage products by 0.15%, with...

The Exeter appoints NED pair to board

The Exeter has announced the appointment of Suzanne Clark and Kelvin Malayapillay as non-executive...

PMS introduces fair value support for mortgage firms

PMS Mortgage Club, in partnership with Bankhall, has rolled out a suite of new...

InterBay launches Select Partners for bridging

InterBay has launched Select Partners, a new partner proposition which offers exclusive access to...

Coventry for intermediaries reduces selected rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced two and five-year fixed rates, for residential and buy-to-let...

Brickflow launches embedded commercial finance solution

Brickflow, the specialist property finance digital marketplace, has launched Brickflow Enterprise, an embedded finance...

LiveMore adds lifetime mortgages to offering

LiveMore has expanded its product offering to include equity release mortgages. The lifetime mortgage joins...

Majority invalidating their home insurance policies this summer

75% - or around nine million - of insured UK homeowners may have accidentally...
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Later Life

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...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

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Access FS mortgage business rises 46.8% in record July

Access Financial Services recorded its strongest month for mortgage business in July, with activity...
Later Life

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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Mortgage myths deter would-be first-time buyers

Misconceptions about mortgage eligibility may be prompting aspiring first-time buyers to abandon their plans...
Building Societies

Dudley Building Society publishes guide to trusts

Dudley Building Society has published a guide explaining how trusts can be used to...

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