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14% rise in bridging finance activity

Latest Bridging Trends research has shown that the bridging loan sector continued to perform...

Hampshire Trust Bank bolsters holiday let mortgage proposition

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has improved its holiday let offering. The specialist lender has increased...

Convey Law boss slams rate rises

A conveyancing firm boss has welcomed the relaxation of stress tests for mortgage borrowers...

Paymentshield launches new self-serve platform

Paymentshield has introduced a new self-serve platform, which will enable customers to service their...

Dudley BS boosts support for borrowers with disabilities

Dudley Building Society has launched a new mortgage product linked to the HOLD (Home...

Bath Building Society launches lending criteria chatbot

Bath Building Society has teamed up with Consectus to launch a conversational AI chat...

Specialist mortgage sector to hit £16bn by end of decade

A nationwide study by specialist lender, Together, has predicted that the UK specialist residential...

Shawbrook provides portfolio landlord with £11m refinance

Shawbrook has used its bespoke lending approach to support a portfolio landlord with an...

Scottish Building Society announces new chair

Scottish Building Society has revealed that, following a 10-year term, with five years at...

Perenna secures banking licence

Perenna has obtained its banking licence and will be launching 30-year fixed rate mortgages...

Crystal Specialist Finance unveils new BDM

Crystal Specialist Finance has continued to expand its ranks by announcing a further recruit...

Just Mortgages appoints pair of directors

Broker firm, Just Mortgages, has appointed two new financial services directors, Gareth Lowndes and...

Go Commercial Finance appoints asset finance head

Independent commercial finance advisers, Go Commercial Finance, has appointed Leighton Davies as its new...

MPowered Mortgages’ prime residential criteria added to SmartrCriteria

MPowered Mortgages has announced that its prime residential mortgage criteria will be available on...
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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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