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Habito joins forces with Mastercard to ease mortgage process for SMEs

Habito has announced a new partnership with Mastercard’s Business Bonus Scheme in a move...

Buy-to-let activity plunges as self-employed and first-time buyer demand surges

The UK mortgage market is undergoing a period of sharp contrasts, according to the...

Pepper Money expands wellbeing push with largest-ever broker retreat series

Specialist lender Pepper Money is significantly expanding its wellbeing programme for brokers with the...

L&G pays over £1bn in retail protection claims as digital overhaul cuts delays

Legal & General paid more than £1bn in retail protection claims in 2024, the...

Unlocking housing wealth in retirement ‘could add £21bn to UK economy by 2040’

More than half of UK households are expected to rely on property wealth to...

The Buckinghamshire cuts specialist credit product pricing

Buckinghamshire Building Society has introduced a new two-year fixed rate for buy-to-let investors and...

StreamBank adds title insurance to accelerate bridging completions

StreamBank has introduced title insurance on all bridging loans up to £2 million in...

Family Building Society members question housing target and propose reforms

Members of the Family Building Society have cast serious doubt on the government’s ability...

Sanjay Gadhia joins Mortgage Advice Bureau as later life regional sales director

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB has appointed Sanjay Gadhia as Regional Sales Director - Later...

Lendlord unveils AI-powered tools to streamline landlords’ decision-making

Lendlord, the property investment and finance platform, has launched a new artificial intelligence offering...

OneFamily celebrates 50 years of inspiring better futures

OneFamily will have been owned by its customers, and growing their financial wellbeing, for...

Gen H secures strategic funding deal with SilverRock to expand homeownership access

Fintech mortgage lender Gen H has struck a major funding partnership with specialist investor...

UnderwriteMe reports 90% instant acceptance for mental health life cover disclosures

Insurtech firm UnderwriteMe, a subsidiary of Pacific Life Re, has reported that 90% of...

Bank of Mum and Dad boosts first-time buyer business at London broker AS Financial

London-based mortgage broker AS Financial has reported a notable increase in first-time buyer activity,...

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The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

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The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister,...

Why planning must be part of the asylum debate

At 2pm today the High Court is due to decide on an appeal against...

How planning can help solve the asylum housing crisis

The scale of the asylum housing crisis is stark. According to Reuters, more than...

Limited company landlords take bigger share of buy-to-let market

Landlords holding investment property through limited companies are playing an increasingly prominent role in...