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Apprivo2 now offered by Finova

Finova has added the Apprivo2 platform to its suite of solutions. Apprivo2 is a configurable SaaS...

Skipton says goodbye to BDM stalwart

After more than 27 years with the Skipton Building Society, Jon Rawley will be...

LiveMore Capital bolsters leadership team

LiveMore Capital has announced the appointment of Simon Webb as managing director of capital...

Pepper Money moves into Help to Buy

Pepper Money has introduced a range of Help to Buy products, forming part of...

MPowered Mortgages expands range and cuts rates

MPowered Mortgages has introduced new limited edition products, with rates across its five-year fixed...

Record high for mortgage intermediary activity

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has reported that mortgage brokers processed more cases...

Key: £4bn equity release market record on the horizon

Equity release adviser Key has reveal that the equity release market is on course...

Specialist buy-to-let research reaps rewards

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that thorough research is even more important for...

Cambridge BS improves holiday let proposition

The Cambridge Building Society has added a new two-year fixed rate mortgage and reduced...

Victorian property prices “could plummet” with EPC targets

Hargreaves Lansdown has warned that Victorian homes' lack of energy efficiency could see their...

CLS Money and Nivo in green partnership

Mortgage broker CLS Money has teamed up with with More:Trees and Nivo in an...

Finova adds Metro Bank to panel

Metro Bank has joined the lending panel of finova Payment & Mortgage Services, previously...

Pink Pig and Masthaven help borrower with Land Registry obstacles

Pink Pig Loans has secured a £1,080,000 bridging facility for a client who needed...

Bluestone Mortgages unveils Right to Buy range

Specialist lender, Bluestone Mortgages, has launched its Right to Buy product range. The product will...

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

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...

Family BS appoints Kirsty Dancer as Midlands BDM

Family Building Society has appointed Kirsty Dancer as business development manager for the East...

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