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UTB boosts asset finance operations team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has expanded its asset finance operations team with four new...

Virgin Money makes four positive criteria changes

Virgin Money has made improvements to its lending policy. It has increased its new build...

Skipton BS returns to 5x loan-to-income

Skipton Building Society is increasing its maximum loan to income for residential mortgages on...

Shawbrook partners with Vantage for auction/refurb customer

Shawbrook Bank has supported a customer with a £189,000 bridging loan, enabling them to...

eConveyancer boosts sales team

eConveyancer has strengthened its sales team, with the recruitment of Michelle Ward as national account...

Responsible Life hits later life milestone

Later life mortgage broker Responsible Life has broken through the £50 million monthly lending...

LendInvest expands funds team

LendInvest has announced two senior hires to its funds team, with Omega Poole joining...

Hodge cuts RIO and 50+ mortgage rates

Hodge has reduced rates on its Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and 50+ mortgage products. Its...

Three new hires at Glenhawk

Glenhawk has announced the appointments of Jeremy Russ as head of compliance, Roxana Tsirikhova...

Suros completes 8-hour bridge against watch and jewellery collection

Suros Capital has completed a short-term bridging loan of £350,000 secured against a customer’s...

Hope Capital hires new senior development underwriter

Hope Capital has added to its underwriting team with the appointment of Jon Reed...

Advise Wise unveils ‘price per pound’ sourcing feature

Advise Wise has introduced what it says is the market’s first ‘price per pound’...

Beverley BS seeks to boost its mixed-used mortgage reach

Beverley Building Society is aiming to expand its reach in the mixed-use, (semi-commercial) mortgage...

Little in Budget for property market

Today's Budget has focused on the post-Covid era, with little in it affecting the...
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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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