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Newcastle Intermediaries improves residential and BTL criteria

Newcastle Intermediaries has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let lending criteria, introducing increased...

Roma Finance cuts bridging and development rates

Roma Finance has reduced rates and improved criteria across the product range. Rates for standard...

Brokers expect 2022 to deliver record specialist mortgage business

Mortgage brokers believe they write more specialist residential mortgage business this year than ever...

MIMHC wants industry participation in Time to Talk Day

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is calling on mortgage industry businesses to...

Bank of England raises interest rates to tackle inflation

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the Bank Rate to 0.5%...

Upton to lead HTB’s development finance division

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is expanding its development finance proposition to nearly double to...

Vida expands expat lending country list

Vida is broadening its range of expat locations to also include India, Malaysia, Saudi...

Iress to drive National Friendly expansion strategy

National Friendly has gone live with Iress' Exchange portal service to drive growth in...

Pepper Money appoints head of sales for second charge mortgages

Pepper Money has promoted Tom Whitney to the position of head of sales for...

Black & White Bridging launches apprenticeship academy

Black & White Bridging, which launched nationally to the intermediary market in April last...

Enra appoints ex-Loans Engine boss as programme manager

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Ryan McGrath as its new programme manager to deliver...

Brilliant Solutions promotes for new head of key accounts role

Ivan Vizor has been promoted to the newly formed role of head of key...

UTB refreshes second charge offering

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has refreshed its second charge product range with interest...

Landbay introduces policy for miscarriage leave

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has introduced a miscarriage leave policy for women who lose their...
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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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