News

Countrywide Surveying Services announces two promotions

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced a double promotion to bolster its senior management...

The Loans Engine added to Sourcing Brain

Specialist finance broker, the Loans Engine, is now live on Mortgage Brain’s sourcing platform,...

Roma Finance appoints business development manager

Roma Finance has appointed Claudine Reynolds as business development manager (BDM) for the North. ...

Envelop appoints MD and head of operations

Envelop has announced two promotions within its senior management team to fill the newly...

Time Finance appoints asset manager

Time Finance has welcomed Matthew Ridgley to the team as asset manager. Ridgley (pictured) joins...

MPowered Mortgages speeds up application process

MPowered Mortgages has made a number of enhancements to its platform to further automate...

Securing a mortgage “harder than arranging a wedding or parenting”

New research commissioned by LendInvest of 1,000 people across the UK, focusing primarily on...

FCA bans referral fees for debt packagers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is banning certain providers of debt advice from receiving...

CHL Mortgages reintroduces BBR tracker deals

CHL Mortgages has re-launched a range of variable rate products to include lifetime and...

Pepper Money reprices mortgage range

Pepper Money has repriced its product range in response to significant increases in swap...

Canada Life unveils API link with Air Sourcing

Canada Life has announced the launch of an API link with Air, the platform...

TAB becomes NACFB patron

Specialist lender TAB has become the latest patron of the National Association of Commercial...

Buckinghamshire BS launches new fee-free shared ownership offering

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new shared ownership proposition with rates cut by...

Tandem partners with Dynamo

Tandem Bank has announced a new partnership with mortgage club, Dynamo for Intermediaries. Members will...

COMMENT

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...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

Latest news

Landlords reporting rent arrears falls to record low

The proportion of landlords reporting rent arrears has fallen to its lowest level on...

Prestige Underwriting joins Source landlord insurance panel

Prestige Underwriting has joined Source Insurance’s landlord panel as the first underwriter of its...

Fleet Mortgages brings back fee options for HMO and MUFB loans

Fleet Mortgages has reintroduced two five-year fixed-rate products for houses in multiple occupation and...

Hanley Economic moves into holiday let lending

Hanley Economic Building Society has entered the holiday let mortgage market with two variable...

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