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Roma Finance unveils below market value bridge and cuts rates

Roma Finance has launched a below market value bridging product and has reduced rates...

Halifax reports likely slowdown in market activity

Halifax has reported that the typical house price reached another record high in August...

Reliance Bank revamps mortgage proposition

Reliance Bank has refreshed its mortgage product range and maintained cashback incentives for key...

eConveyancer arranges panel management partnership with Moray Group

eConveyancer has launched a new panel management partnership with Moray Group in Scotland. Moray Group...

OMS and Dashly reveal ‘collaborative integration’

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced a collaborative integration with Dashly, the 'always-on' mortgage...

Change in reasons for taking out a RIO

New data from specialist lender Hodge has revealed the reasons its customers take out...

Borrowers consider green mortgages amid rising energy bills

In July, searches for mortgages which consider a property’s EPC rating grew by 34%,...

Allica targets £500m of loan offers from now until year-end

Allica Bank is aiming to make £500 million in committed loan offers between September...

Stonebridge adds Connect for Intermediaries to referral and packaging panels

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has added Connect for Intermediaries to both its...

Foundation Home Loans introduces Special Edition green BTL two-year discounts

Foundation Home Loans has extended its ABC+ Green mortgage range with the addition of...

LendInvest opens new Glasgow office

LendInvest has opened a new office in Scotland to meet increasing demand for property...

VAS Panel completes over £1bn worth of valuations for Allica Bank

VAS Panel has completed over £1bn worth of valuations for Allica Bank in 16...

Higher earners seeing mortgage affordability restricted

Mortgage lenders are restricting the maximum loan sizes available to higher income earners, according...

ASTL unveils new executive board appointments

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has appointed three new members to its...

COMMENT

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...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

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Revived Help to Buy would inflate prices: Lamdin

Restoring Help to Buy would strengthen developers’ sales without solving the underlying affordability crisis...

One in three workers financially fragile despite being employed

More than a third of UK employees remain financially fragile despite being in work,...

Nationwide cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15%

Nationwide Building Society is reducing selected fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15 percentage...

L&G appoints Kerrigan to drive Ignite broker rollout

Legal & General has appointed Craig Kerrigan as broker relationship manager for its Ignite...

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