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Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, including its five-year-fixed...

Landlords favouring semi-detached purchases over terraces

Paragon Bank has reported that semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred...

Lender prices first 2022 securitisation

Belmont Green Finance, trading as Vida Homeloans, has issued the first European RMBS (Residential...

Untied and Lendlord launch integrated tax filing for landlords

Lendlord has selected personal tax app, untied, to power its tax capability for its...

West One joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added West One to its lender panel. Paradigm member firms are...

Foundation Home Loans refreshes resi & BTL ranges

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed and repriced its core residential and buy-to-let product ranges. ...

BFS appoints two new recruits

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has appointed a new HR manager and credit control assistant. Gill...

Mansfield BS improves shared ownership affordability

Mansfield Building Society has reduced the rate on its two-year fixed rate shared ownership...

Pure Retirement revamps intermediary sales team

Pure Retirement has expanded its intermediary sales team, providing its advisers with access to support...

The Nottingham cuts 75% LTV limited company rates

The Nottingham has cut rates across its range of fixed-rate 75% LTV limited company...

Danske Bank UK joins IMLA

Danske Bank UK has become the latest member to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

HLPartnership appoints head of supervision

HLPartnership (HLP) has expanded its compliance team with the appointment of Trisha Hanratty as...

Covid made it harder to spot vulnerable customers

More2life has reported that half of advisers say it is harder to identify vulnerable...

Skipton International reports 60% rise in UK buy-to-let business

Skipton International has reported growth in the buy-to-let mortgage market for expats in 2021. The...

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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