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Two new hires at Hampshire Trust Bank

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has strengthened its asset finance division with two experienced senior...

Scottish BS launches affordability calculator with Mortgage Brain

A partnership between Scottish Building Society and Mortgage Brain has led to the launch...

TMA adds the Cambridge to panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of The Cambridge Building Society to its lender...

Benefits of specialist equity release solicitors revealed

Using a specialist solicitor for equity release applications can save consumers on average between...

Stonebridge’s CAR performs 800k checks in first six months

Stonebridge has announced its Check, Action & Resolve (CAR) system has surpassed over 800,000 checks...

F4B Network unveils free admin support package

The F4B Network has introduced a free administration support package for its Appointed Representatives...

Jane Benjamin joins Connect for Intermediaries

Jane Benjamin has been appointed to the newly created role of director of mortgages at...

Hope Capital improves bridging proposition in Scotland

Hope Capital has extended a selection of its bridging finance products to improve its...

Repercussions of Covid still showing in criteria searches

Knowledge Bank latest tracker has revealed that advisers are working with a "significant" number...

Clydesdale Bank increases mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing the rates on selected mortgages. The bank is also launching new products. These...

Reward boosts Yorkshire and North East business development team

Reward Finance Group has appointed Harriet Gibbs as business development director in its Leeds...

Rise in over-50s ‘doer-uppers’

Hodge has witnessed a 10% rise in the number of customers who are using...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves affordability

Newcastle Intermediaries has updated its lending criteria to improve affordability for customers looking to...

Rightmove: October price records in all regions and sectors

The price of property coming to market in October increased by an average of...

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...

Latest news

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...

The Coventry cuts fixed rates by up to 20bps

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced every fixed-rate mortgage in its range, with lower rates...

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