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Fiduciam backs first-time developer with £1.2m loan

Fiduciam has supported a first-time developer in Southampton with a £1.26m development loan at...

Aldermore makes retail mortgage team hire

Aldermore bank has appointed Alice Pocock as its new relationship manager for the South...

Allica Bank extends care home banking team

Allica Bank is growing its specialist care home commercial mortgage banking team with the...

Q1 rise in house purchase demand

The Bank of England has published its latest Credit Conditions Survey for the first...

Foundation launches new two-year ‘Green ABC+’ mortgage options

Foundation Home Loans has launched new two-year ‘Green ABC+’ fixed and discount options for...

Clydesdale Bank announced BTL and residential rate rises

Clydesdale Bank has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let mortgage range. The changes are...

Canopy partners with Fronted to launch the lifetime deposit

Rental platform, Canopy, has announces an exclusive new partnership with Fronted. The partnership allows renters...

Legal & General Group Protection partners with CONNECTPlus

Legal & General Group Protection has partnered with long-term condition management support service CONNECTPlus,...

Broker searches being affected by cost of living crisis

Knowledge Bank has revealed that the cost of living crisis is impacting borrowers as...

Adviser guide to saving protection policies refreshed

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), Protection Distributors Group (PDG) and Income Protection Taskforce...

Newcastle Intermediaries launches 10-year fixed rate mortgage

Newcastle Intermediaries has unveiled a new 10-year fixed rate mortgage product aimed at  homebuyers "looking for...

Quantum Mortgages appoints key account manager

Paul Ormonde has joined specialist buy-to-let lender Quantum Mortgages as key account manager. Ormonde has over 20 years...

Suffolk BS discounts £1m+ self build and renovation mortgage

Suffolk Building Society has cut rates on a series of discount products across a...

UK annual house price growth remains in double digits

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK average house prices increased by...

COMMENT

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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