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Signature makes appointment covering the North and North West

Signature Property Finance has announced the appointment of Paul Ratcliffe as relationship manager for...

MPowered Mortgages launches broker WhatsApp channel

MPowered Mortgages has introduced a dedicated WhatsApp channel for its brokers. The channel will provide...

The Right Mortgage appoints compliance manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the appointment of a new compliance...

StreamBank joins Loans Warehouse panel

StreamBank has joined Loans Warehouse's panel of bridging lenders. StreamBank specialises in both Rrgulated anduUnregulated...

HLPartnership outlines its technology upgrade plans

HLPartnership (HLP) has announced upgrades to its technology platform. The network says its goal is...

Alternative Bridging makes BDM appointment

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Mike Halsey to the role of business development manager...

Hope Capital publishes its first ESG report

Hope Capital has published an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report. The report provides a...

Assetz Capital supports Bradford PBSA development

Assetz Capital is providing a development facility to deliver a 169-unit PBSA scheme in...

United Trust Bank appoints BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has appointed Rachel Shackleton to the role...

Pepper Money makes sales team hire

Pepper Money has appointed Sam Bickerton as regional development manager for Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire,...

Cost of living making more people cautious over financial decision-making

The cost of living crisis is eroding people’s confidence in managing their money, with...

Bank of England added to SimplyBiz Mortgages’ Showcase event

SimplyBiz Mortgages has published the full agenda for its upcoming series of Mortgage Showcase...

LiveMore claims “broadest property criteria” for lifetime mortgage

LiveMore has launched Property Plus, a lifetime mortgage which it claims has the "broadest...

HTB cuts five-year BTL fixed rates by up to 60bps

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has reduced rates within its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range, offering...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let and the next generation of landlords

There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

The industry needs to support Shared Ownership

This week, I want to put the spotlight on Shared Ownership. It deserves to be treated as a genuinely viable route onto the ladder,...

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

Latest news

Expat buy-to-let rates rise sharply for lower-LTV borrowers

British expatriate landlords with larger deposits are facing higher mortgage rates than borrowers with...

Commonhold reform faces practical challenges over finance and building management

The introduction of commonhold as an alternative to leasehold will require significant preparation across...

Family BS reduces fixed mortgage pricing for landlords and homeowners

Family Building Society has cut rates across its two-year fixed mortgage range by up...

Sprive records ninefold rise in shoppers as mortgage cashback spending reaches £185m

Mortgage cashback app Sprive has reported a sharp increase in customer activity, with shoppers...

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