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Paradigm adds SBI UK to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added specialist buy-to-let lender, SBI UK, to its lender panel. Members of...

Paragon relaunches green buy-to-let range

Paragon Bank has reintroduced its buy-to-let green product range, introducing preferential pricing for energy...

Pepper Money agrees Richmond Rugby sponsorship

Pepper Money has agreed a new two-year deal with Richmond Rugby to become a...

Many daunted by remortgaging process

51% of homeowners expect to be mortgage free by the time they reach 60,...

Saffron unveils new remortgage products

Saffron Building Society has introduced new products aimed at those looking to remortgage. Four new...

BFS joins Private Finance lending panel

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has been appointed to the lending panel of national brokerage,...

SMEs prepare for Christmas shortages

The turnover of UK SMEs increased by 20 points in September, despite widespread goods...

Generation Home partners with Twenty7Tec

A new mortgage lender, Generation Home, has partnered with Twenty7Tec, to expand the distribution...

Accord improves retired interest-only criteria

Accord Mortgages is updating its criteria tomorrow to better support residential interest-only borrowers who...

‘Non-standard’ borrowers still being served by mortgage market

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found that a significant majority of mortgage...

Paragon doubles portfolio landlord lending limits

Paragon Bank has made changes to support the growth of portfolio landlord customers, including...

Later life lending market needs a re-brand

Air Mortgage Club has revealed the results of its first ‘Later Life Lending Census’...

Vast majority of HNWs underestimate ‘comfortable’ retirement requirements

High Net Worth individuals (HNWIs) in the UK are significantly underestimating how much money...

Countrywide Surveying Services unveils PropertyFact 

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, has launched PropertyFact,...

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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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Knowledge Bank opens broker search data to lenders through KB PRO

Knowledge Bank has launched an intelligence service that allows mortgage lenders to analyse more...

Stamp duty receipts defy housing market slowdown

Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts remained above pre-pandemic levels during the first half of...

Prime London sales falter as rental growth hits 18-month high

Prime London sales activity weakened in July while annual rental growth accelerated to its...

RICS: Mortgage costs keep housing market subdued

The UK housing market remained subdued in July as buyer demand and agreed sales...

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