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SmartSearch unveils new risk assessment service

Digital compliance provider SmartSearch has added a new ‘risk assessment’ solution to its recently...

MIMHC creates new steering group

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has created a new steering group to...

Paragon Bank provides £9.6m for new Buckinghamshire development

Lodge Park has secured a £9.6 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance...

Melton Building Society adopts ADP from LendingMetrics

Melton Building Society has appointed LendingMetrics to deliver its decisioning software. The mutual society is...

MPC maintains Bank Rate at 5.25% following tight vote

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold the Bank...

Foundation Home Loans introduced new fixed rates ‘Specials’

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new range of buy-to-let fixed-rate 'Specials' including a...

Air Sourcing makes charity donation to Alzheimer’s Society

Air, the later life lending platform, will mark World Alzheimer's Day by donating £6,000...

West One Loans cuts rates and adds 3-year fixes and cashback offer

West One Loans has reduced rates by up to 80 basis points and introduced...

Landbay cuts two-year fixed rates

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has unveiled rate reductions across its range of two-year fixed...

LiveMore introduces ‘counter-offer’ feature for brokers

LiveMore has unveiled a ‘counter-offer’ facility on its later life platform. Brokers just need to...

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. ...

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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Paragon appoints Fulford to lead specialist buy-to-let lending

Paragon Bank has promoted Matt Fulford to head of specialist lending in its mortgages...

Council tax reform tops homeowners’ Budget priorities

More than a third of homeowners and prospective buyers want the government to review...

My Legal Club adds three firms to conveyancing panel

My Legal Club has appointed three law firms to its conveyancing panel as it...

Gatehouse Capital strengthens Scottish broker support with new appointment

Gatehouse Capital has appointed Hanif Hussain as business development manager for Scotland as it...

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