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MagiClick delivers new website for HTB’s Wesleyan Bank

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has selected digital agency MagiClick for a series of digital...

OSB Group sets up High Net Worth division

OSB Group is to introduce a new High Net Worth client management team lead...

Foundation Home Loans improves fee-assisted BTL offering

Foundation Home Loans has made a series of changes to its fee-assisted buy-to-let product...

LV= has paid out over £19m in Covid related claims so far

LV= has reported that show life insurance, critical illness and income protection claims caused...

MBT adds second charge equity loan provider to platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its MBT Affordability research platform with Even, a...

Transaction data indicates market ‘settling into a new rhythm’

HMRC's provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in February 2022 is 96,250....

West One provides £2.9m buy-to-let loan

West One Loans has completed a £2.9m, complex buy-to-let loan with a landlord who...

Saxon Trust unveils new development exit products

Saxon Trust has introduced its new Market & Sell and Finish & Sell development...

Time Finance provides £350k facility to family firm

Time Finance has supported client, Rendit, with a £350,000 invoice finance facility to fund...

Leeds BS staff and dogs raise money for Dementia UK

Staff from Leeds Building Society and their canine companions are taking part in a...

Black & White Bridging products now on Knowledge Bank

Black & White Bridging’s product range is now available to intermediaries using Knowledge Bank’s...

MFS secures £300m funding

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed it has agreed over £300 million of new...

Aspen Bridging appoints head of credit

Aspen Bridging has promoted Harry Baker to a newly created role of head of...

Brokers say development finance “hotter” than bridging

Nearly half of brokers operating in the specialist lending space think development finance is...

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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