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Market Harborough BS unveils multi-generation mortgage solutions

Specialist lender, Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS), has introduced a range of multi-generation mortgages...

Record month helps Signature break lending target

Signature Property Finance has reported a record year for short-term property loans as it...

Reliance Bank revamps mortgage offering and improves broker registration process

Reliance Bank is now able to accept gifted deposits from family and friends where...

Leeds BS to provide earlier access to product transfer

Leeds Building Society is giving its borrowers more time to decide on their remortgage...

Mint completes standard bridge in eight days

Mint Property Finance has provided a standard bridging loan for a client, following them...

Mpowered Mortgages adds Quilter to panel

MPowered Mortgages has partnered with Quilter. Quilter provides financial advice, advice-led investment solutions and...

Berkeley Alexander unveils 2023 apprentice scheme

General insurance provider, Berkeley Alexander, has announced the launch of its 2023 apprentice programme. ...

HTB appoints development finance senior portfolio manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Gavin Davies as senior portfolio manager within its...

Castle Trust Bank completes £4.6m refurb bridge

Castle Trust Bank has completed a £4.6m light refurb bridge to fund the renovation...

Pure Electric receives increased finance facility from Secure Trust Bank

E-scooter specialist, Pure Electric, has received an increased asset based lending (ABL) facility to...

Paragon funds £4.3m Bournemouth redevelopment scheme

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £4.3 million finance package to support...

Stonebridge reveals record growth

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has announced mortgage application and completion growth...

MFS unveils new variable rate bridging deals

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched a new range of variable rate bridging products. The...

Louisa Sedgwick to join Paragon Bank

Paragon Bank has announced the appointment of Louisa Sedgwick as commercial director of the...

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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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...

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