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Reward Finance supports Yorkshire SMEs with £50m

Reward Finance Group has provided over 140 SMEs with an additional £50m of funding...

UTB appoints key accounts manager for buy-to-let

UTB Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced the appointment of Stewart Green as buy-to-let key...

Allica Bank launches fixed rate commercial mortgage range

Allica Bank has added fixed rate commercial mortgages to its portfolio of SME lending...

Borrowers would like to use mortgage to fund cosmetic surgery

7% of male mortgage holders and 3% of female ones would consider extending their...

2022 house prices rises even stronger than last year’s

The price of property coming to market has hit a new record high for...

Black & White Bridging funds Bristol eco-home

Black & White Bridging has helped an experienced Bristol based developer to purchase a...

Quantum Mortgages adds Impact to packager panel

Impact Specialist Finance has been appointed to the Quantum Mortgages packager panel. Impact’s brokers will...

Buy-to-let driving growth in green mortgage market

Defaqto has examined how the green mortgage market is growing, incentivising homeowners to make...

Bridge Help appoints new BDM

Commercial bridging loan provider, Bridge Help, has appointed a new business development manager. Tina Panayi...

FCA sees weaknesses in some challenger banks’ financial crime controls

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that challenger banks need to improve how they...

LendingMetrics reports significant rise in OpenBankVision enquiries

LendingMetrics has reported a "skyrocketing" in enquiries for its OpenBankVision (OBV) platform following the...

Ban on ground rent for new leases to come into force in June

Future homebuyers will see their prospective property bills reduce in just over two months,...

Impact Specialist Finance joins UTB’s BTL packager panel

Impact Specialist Finance has been appointed by United Trust Bank (UTB) to its newly...

Equifax ID checks now integrated into Acre

End-to-end mortgage platform, Acre, has integrated Equifax into its software. Acre says this means...

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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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FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk...

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