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Majority of landlords don’t expect pandemic to affect business

Foundation Home Loans has revealed that two in three landlords don't believe the Covid-19...

New deals and rate cuts from the Mansfield

Mansfield Building Society has reduced rates on seven existing mortgage products and added two...

Swansea BS creates new mortgage team office in Monmouthshire

Swansea Building Society has opened a new office in Monmouthshire to provide a local...

IdentityChecker unveils biometric facial ID checks

Identification and anti-money laundering check service, IdentityChecker, has launched biometric facial ID checks. The system...

More2life reaches £5bn in loans under management

Equity release lender, more2life, has revealed that it now has £5 billion of loans...

PRIMIS sees rise in first-time landlord and holiday let enquiries

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has revealed that its product desk helped Appointed Representative (AR) advisers...

Landlords should expected higher borrowing costs

Buy-to-let mortgage broker, Property Master, has warned that landlords will face higher borrowing costs...

BoE confounds City with Bank Rate hold

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to maintain...

Legal & General Group Protection unveils Be Well helpline

Legal & General Group Protection has launched the Be Well helpline as part of...

Landbay and Atom bank agree £500m partnership deal

Atom bank and Landbay have entered into an origination and funding partnership worth up...

More new appointments at Signature Property Finance

Short-term lender Signature Property Finance has announced a series of new appointments, as it...

Three new hires for Hope Capital

Hope Capital has made three new appointments. The lender's sales team has been joined by...

Landbay unveils limited edition buy-to-let remortgage range

Buy-to-let-lender Landbay has introduced a new range of five-year fixed rate remortgage products for...

eKeeper and Burrow rebranded to finova Broker Platform

Finova, (formally DPR Group), has rebranded eKeeper and Burrow to finova Broker Platform. The fintech...

COMMENT

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...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

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Atom bank cuts Prime and Near Prime mortgage rates

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime and Near Prime mortgage ranges. All Prime...

Retirement drives more than half of financial advice enquiries

Retirement concerns account for more than half of financial advice enquiries received by Inzuzo,...

Friends and family offer route on to property ladder for single buyers

More than half of prospective buyers would consider purchasing a home with a friend...

Newcastle expands broker mortgage range with higher-LTV deals

Newcastle for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage range with the return of higher loan-to-value...

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