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Gen H partners with Dynamo for Intermediaries

Mortgage lender Gen H has expanded its broker panel with the addition of Dynamo...

Fleet reports annual rental yields up in all regions

Fleet Mortgages has released the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q1...

Somo completes second charge loan in 20 days

Somo Bridging recently completed a second charge loan in March 2023, taking 20 working...

Landmark unveils digital hubs to connect the home-moving market

Landmark Information Group has introduced LandmarkConnect, a series of digital hubs to help connect...

Clydesdale Bank adds new product transfer deals amidst range shake-up

Clydesdale Bank has made a number of changes to its product offering. Changes have been...

Pepper Money replaces cheques with electronic payments

Pepper Money has revised its payment process by replacing the majority of cheque payments...

Coventry for intermediaries adds new offset and interest-only products

Coventry for intermediaries has expanded its product range with new offset and interest-only options. Two...

Family BS refreshes mortgage range

Family Building Society has made a number of changes to its mortgage offering. Five-year fixed...

Tembo partners with Barratt London to help first-time buyers

Tembo is partnering with Barratt London, part of Barratt Developments, to help get more...

Average remortgage monthly payment up by £310

LMS has published its latest remortgage market activity data, covering March 2023. It found...

Iress restructuring to result in 10% reduction in staff numbers

Iress has announced changes to its operating structure and senior leadership teams following a...

Leeds BS ups maximum loan sizes

Leeds Building Society has increased maximum loan sizes for higher LTV (loan to value)...

UTB funds £15m airspace developments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has provided £10.4m of funding to specialist airspace developers Fruition...

Zephyr Homeloans makes tracker rate reductions

Zephyr Homeloans has announced reductions of 40 basis points (bps) across its tracker mortgage...

COMMENT

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’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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1,000 borrowers sign mortgage deeds digitally in under three minutes

The first 1,000 customers have signed their mortgage deeds using Qualified Electronic Signatures through...

TMG adds Roma Finance to lender panel

TMG Mortgage Network has added Roma Finance to its lender panel, expanding the range...

Reactive is not a business strategy

I was reading a piece of market commentary last week about what’s defined the...

FCA bans debt management executive over dishonesty

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services...

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