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Roma Finance appoints bridging & development specialist

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Samantha Williamson as bridging & development specialist. Williamson...

MTF Affordability upgrades research platform

Mortgage Broker Tools has upgraded its affordability research platform, adding bespoke calculations for borrowers...

Openwork Partnership partners with PMI specialist

The Openwork Partnership is launching a private medical insurance (PMI) referral service with specialist...

Platform cuts higher LTV rates

Platform has made interest rate reductions to a number of its higher LTV mortgage...

Clydesdale unveils rate reductions at 85-95% LTV

Clydesdale Bank has reduced the rates on products between 85-95% loan to value (LTV). Selected...

InterBay lowers semi-commercial and commercial rates

InterBay has cut rates across all of its semi-commercial and commercial ranges, is providing...

UK SMEs optimistic for the year ahead

57% of UK SMEs have a positive financial outlook for 2022, according to Legal and...

Fiduciam cuts rates and plans Scotland growth

Fiduciam is targeting a major expansion in Scotland for 2022. A new Scottish team has...

Pepper Money relaxes employment criteria

Pepper Money has made changes to its residential criteria in a move designed to...

Fleet’s 2021 origination up 96% on previous year

Fleet Mortgages completed £782m of lending during the 2021 calendar year, posting a pre-tax...

Second charges helping businesses to capital raise

Business owners are using second charge mortgages to raise capital as the Omicron variant...

Signature lending up 20% year-on-year

Signature Property Finance delivered its best annual figures, supporting property developers and landlords to...

Hodge makes equity investment in energy tech firm

Hodge has made a major investment in Sero, a Cardiff-based energy technology and services...

Suffolk BS adds Airbnb to holiday let criteria

Suffolk Building Society has updated its holiday let mortgage criteria and will now consider...
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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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