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BFS makes appointments to drive asset finance growth strategy

Bibby Financial Services’s (BFS) asset finance division, Bibby Leasing, has announced a series of...

IMLA: business as usual on the horizon

The intermediary mortgage market has recovered well from the disruption following the mini-budget in...

First time buyer levels set for new low in 2022

The number of people buying their first home dropped significantly in the first three...

Stonebridge adds Tandem Bank to panel

Stonebridge has become the first partner of L&G Mortgage Club to gain direct access...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates

CHL Mortgages has made further reductions to the pricing of its two and five-year...

JMT Finance funds 80% LTV first-time landlord purchase and refurb

JMT Finance, the privately owned and funded commercial property lender, has announced the completion...

Hope Capital introduces two new products

Hope Capital has launched two new products: Bridge 2 Let and Term 2 Rent. The...

West One Loans sponsors PGA Tour & DP World Tour golfer

West One Loans has signed a significant sponsorship deal with professional golfer Matt Wallace. ...

Skipton donates £55k to Turkey & Syria earthquake appeal

Following the launch of the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal, the Skipton Group...

MPowered Mortgages makes fixed rate cuts

MPowered Mortgages has further reduced rates across its suite of two and five-year fixed...

Nottingham BS appoints national sales manager

Nottingham Building Society has announced the appointment of Matt Kingston as national sales manager...

Air Academy announces series of Masterclass events

Air Academy, the CPD training provider for the later life lending sector, has announced...

Bluestone Mortgages cuts fixed-rate residential and buy-to-let products

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a further rate reduction across its fixed-rate residential and buy-to-let...

Allica Bank secures £100m funding

Allica Bank has announced a £100 million Series C funding round led by global...

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

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...

Tenant demand rises for first time in two years

Tenant demand increased in the second quarter of 2026, reversing two years of decline,...

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