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Protection Guru facilitates new critical illness example definitions

Protection Guru has announced the launch of Designed by Doctors, a series of recommended...

Family BS unveils new two-year fixes

Family Building Society has launched a new range of two-year fixed rate mortgage products. It...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts fixed rates by up to 45bps

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced the majority of fixed rates. Residential rates have been cut...

Norton Broker Services unveils partnership with new short-term lender

Norton Broker Services has been appointed to the panel of StreamBank, assisting the new...

Countrywide Surveying Services appoints director of technical services

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced the appointment of Martyn Stones as director of...

HLP provides free membership to Air Academy

Air has revealed plans to partner with HLP to boost the network’s proposition to...

Allica Bank hires asset finance BDM for Scotland

Allica Bank has appointed Emma Lindsay as business development manager (BDM) for asset finance...

Inaugural development finance masterclass hailed a success by HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) held its first Development Finance Masterclass event for brokers on...

LendInvest reduces rates and unveils 90% LTV deal

LendInvest has made reductions to its residential mortgage range, improving its offering for key...

Clydesdale Bank improves affordability calculations

Clydesdale Bank has made changes to its affordability calculations which means it can now...

Paragon Bank provides Newett Homes with £5.45m revolving loan facility

Yorkshire-based housebuilder Newett Homes has secured a £5.45 million revolving loan facility from Paragon...

SmartSearch appoints client services director

SmartSearch has announced the internal appointment of Julie Green as client services director. In nearly...

Reward raises £32k for PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide

A year-long fundraising programme across Reward Finance Group’s offices has raised £32,000 for its...

Family BS increases PT proc fees

Family Building Society is increasing its procuration fees for mortgage product transfers. Product transfer procuration...

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...

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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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