News

Roma Finance becomes sole sponsor of Property Elevator

Short-term lender, Roma Finance, has announces a new partnership with Property Elevator, the show...

FCA confirms help for those struggling with mortgage payments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed final mortgage guidance, setting out the ways...

Virgin Money unveils BTL and residential changes

Virgin Money is making a series of changes to its buy-to-let and residential mortgage...

Shawbrook makes BTL and semi-commercial changes

Shawbrook has announced a range of changes across its semi-commercial and specialist buy-to-let products for...

MFS secures £500m funding line

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured £500 million of new institutional funding which will...

Criteria searches for Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme up by 10%

First-time buyers are persisting with Help to Buy purchases, with the 31st March cut-off-point...

ColCap acquires majority shareholding in Molo

ColCap Financial and Molo Tech have announced that ColCap has acquired an 80% shareholding...

Foundation Home Loans cuts rates and goes back in at 80% LTV

Foundation Home Loans has announced further price reductions across its owner-occupier special products and...

‘Embrace specialist lending’ – customer tells brokers

Brokers have been urged to embrace specialist lending by a Pepper Money customer in...

Leeds BS refreshes longer-term fixed range

Leeds Building Society has added three new deals at 90% LTV to its range...

Millions expected to make energy efficient home improvements

Butterfield Mortgages has commissioned an independent survey among 1,468 UK homeowners to find out...

New report outlines roadmap for future of later life lending

A new independent report commissioned by the Equity Release Council on the future of...

BFS makes three new hires

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced three new key appointments. Debbie Range, Adam Bluma and...

Saffron BS increases maximum loan sizes

Saffron Building Society has announced a full product refresh across its mortgage portfolio, focused...

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...

Latest news

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...

Industry fantasy football league to raise funds for mental health charter

Mortgage and property finance professionals are being invited to join an industry-wide Fantasy Premier...

Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates by 15 basis points

Gen H has reduced rates across its 90% and 95% loan-to-value mortgage ranges in...

PROFILES