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Penalty-free partial repayments become equity release prerequisite

All new equity release customers can now benefit from a product feature that has...

Knowledge Bank adds Proportunity criteria to platform

Shared equity loan provider, Proportunity, has joined forces with Knowledge Bank to make its...

Clydesdale Bank increases fixed rates

Clydesdale Bank has announced changes to its product range. Rates have been increased on a...

Over five million at risk of credit exclusion

There are over five million (5,049,129) people in the UK who are virtually invisible...

Virgin Money increases rates and removes trackers

Virgin Money has increased a number of fixed rates and withdrawn a tracker range. The...

LiveMore expands sales and broker support

Later life lender, LiveMore, has made two new senior appointments, expanding its sales and...

Smartr365 completes new investment round

End-to-end mortgage platform, Smartr365, has secured further funding from investors, alongside a pre-money valuation...

Stonebridge reports completion volume rise of 33%

Mortgage and insurance network, Stonebridge, has reported mortgage application and completion growth through 2021...

Hodge expands asset class appetite

Hodge is making changes to its residential development loans to include lending on the...

LMS: remortgage instructions up 51% in February

LMS has issued its February Remortgage Snapshot. It reported that instructions increased by 51% last month. The...

United Trust Bank appoints asset finance underwriter

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Essie Quinnell as an underwriter in its asset finance...

Prime borrower second charge activity on the rise

Evolution Money has published the fifth iteration of its quarterly data tracker, which reviews...

Canada Life updates Home Finance adviser portal

Canada Life has launched its updated Home Finance Adviser Portal, designed to give advisers...

Just Mortgages to hold affordable housing event

Just Mortgages' new build division's inaugural New Build and Affordable Housing Event will take...
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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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