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CHL Mortgages adds to BDM team

CHL Mortgages has appointed Brian Sanford as a business development manager (BDM) for the...

Danske Bank unveils carbon neutral mortgage

Danske Bank UK, the largest lender in Northern Ireland, is making its Danske Carbon...

Coventry BS introduces new customer affordability tool

Coventry Building Society has launched a new online affordability tool to help mortgage customers...

Vida unveils new key worker mortgage

Vida has made a number of changes to its criteria to broaden its product...

Clydesdale simplifies self-employed documentation requirements

Clydesdale Bank has reduced the documentation required to support applications from self-employed customers. The lender...

Skipton expands business development team

Skipton Building Society has bolstered its business development team with the appointment of a...

VAS to double project monitoring work

VAS Panel and VAS Audit’s Project Monitoring services completed 165 instructions with a combined...

Roma Finance appoints three new directors

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of three new directors. Steve Smith has been appointed...

MFS launches buy-to-let offering following pilot

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched its buy-to-let mortgage range to all brokers and...

Foundation Home Loans launches lending north of the border

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its offering to borrowers purchasing or remortgaging properties in...

MBT Affordability to launch to Countrywide advisers

MBT Affordability's partnership with estate agency and property services provider Connells Group will be...

Pepper Money retires Optimum Credit brand

Pepper Money has unveiled its second charge mortgage proposition following the completion of its...

West One improves BTL criteria and rates

West One Loans' buy-to-let division has made a number of changes to its product...

Key Group appoints national account manager

Key Group, the specialist provider of over-55s' financial solutions, has appointed Alistair Morrison as...

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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