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Selina Finance improves lending criteria

Selina Finance has revamped its residential range with several criteria enhancements for self-employed, unencumbered...

Mortgage accessibility gulf between old and young

The latest Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) Affordability Index has found that mortgage customers over...

Kuflink helps landlord with five-day bridging completion

Kuflink has helped a landlord client to refinance a property from its existing short-term...

Landbay rebrands and unveils new broker portal

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched a new broker portal and introduced a new brand. It...

The Nottingham to offer product transfers via brokers

The Nottingham is introducing product transfers for brokers who retain the lender’s customers on...

LendInvest agrees charity partnership with Mind

LendInvest has announced that mental health charity, Mind, has been selected as its new...

FCA refuses authorisation for regulatory consultancy firm

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has refused to authorise Alexander Jon Compliance Consulting Limited...

Group risk industry pays out record amount in claims

Employers utilised group risk protection to provide financial support to a huge number of...

Phoebus Software partners with Make Good Grow

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has partnered with Make Good Grow,  a charity matching service...

Virgin Money ups rates and withdraws products

Virgin Money is making changes to a number of mortgage products at 8pm this...

Conveyancing Foundation Ukraine Appeal tops £30,000

The Conveyancing Foundation’s Ukraine Appeal has topped £30,000 after a group of charity trekkers...

RICS: fall in new instructions to sell

RICS' Residential Survey for April indicates a modestly positive trend in new buyer demand...

SME developer saves £15k on building warranty insurance

Insurance and finance advisory firm, J3 has saved developer Grange Country Homes £15,000 through...

Health, wealth and happiness not yet back to pre-Covid levels

Brits’ wealth has seen a sharp decline in the first quarter of 2022 as...
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COMMENT

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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...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

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