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Catalyst brings back 80% LTV specialist bridging

Specialist property finance lender, Catalyst, is returning to 80% LTV specialist bridging. Previously, the...

Atom bank provides £1.5m loan to manufacturing and welding firm

Atom bank has provided a £1.5m loan to Cube Metals Ltd, a steel fabricator...

Paradigm Protect adds general insurance test to CPD academy

Paradigm Protect has added a new General Insurance (GI) test to its CPD Academy...

Nationwide: house prices rise in April

Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices increased by 0.5% during April, after...

MFS becomes full member of IMLA

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has become the latest full member to join the Intermediary...

Advise Wise makes platform improvements

Advise Wise, the sourcing platform for later life products, has announced further improvements to...

Adam Tyler joins Black & White Bridging

Adam Tyler has been appointed as director of intermediaries at Black & White Bridging. He...

Roma Finance appoints commercial director

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Michael Allison as commercial director. Allison (pictured) joined Roma as...

The Saffron removes proc fee caps

Saffron Building Society is removing procuration fee caps from its full product offering. The...

Wells Fargo joins LendInvest financing syndicate

LendInvest has announced that Wells Fargo has joined its £200 million financing syndicate with...

Paragon funds 78-home Glasgow development

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £15.9 million funding package to PfP...

Saxon Trust launches new website

Specialist development and bridging lender Saxon Trust has launched a new website to support...

Precise Mortgages launches new residential range

Precise Mortgages, part of the OSB Group, has launched a new range of residential...

Home improvement is top reason for Legal & General Home Finance equity release

Equity release drawdown data from Legal & General Home Finance has revealed that home...

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’...

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New-build asking prices edge higher as regional divide widens

The average asking price of newly instructed new-build homes in Great Britain edged higher...

LGSS targets growth as valuation market becomes more complex

Legal & General Surveying Services is seeking to increase its profile in the mortgage...

Mortgage industry backs alcohol-free MIMHC lunch

An alcohol-free event organised by the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has secured...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life...

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