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360 Dotnet partners with digital ID specialists

360 Lifecycle, 360 Dotnet’s end to end practice management system, now offers digital document...

Pitch 4 Finance secures funding for £6.2m complex portfolio

Pitch 4 Finance has completed a £6.2m refinance transaction on a complex portfolio of...

Annual house price growth cooled in September

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth eased back to...

Aldermore improves offering for those with credit blips

Aldermore has reintroduced products and rate reductions in its residential mortgage range to support...

Foundation Home Loans unveils no-fee and flat-fee BTL limited editions

Foundation Home Loans has launched new buy-to-let limited editions with both no-fee and flat-fee...

Market Financial Solutions cuts rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has reduced rates across a range of products. The bridging lender...

Principality BS partners with protection specialist 

The Principality Building Society has partnered with protection specialists Vita to provide their clients...

The Dudley reduces Right to Buy rate and ups LTV

The Dudley Building Society has made its discount for term Right to Buy product...

Roma Finance introduces new fast processing channel

Roma Finance has launched a fast new channel for cases it deems as being...

TAB hires business development manager

Specialist lender TAB has announced that Harry Dugg has been recruited  as a business development manager...

Accord ups max loan size at 90% LTV

Accord Mortgages is increasing its maximum loan size at 90% loan to value (LTV)...

Hodge appoints national account manager for the North

Hodge has appointed Andrea Roberts as its national account manager for the North. Roberts has...

BoE reports increase in gross lending despite further fall in activity

The Bank of England has revealed that individuals borrowed £5.3 billion of net mortgage...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has applied reductions of 0.26 percentage points to its two-year 95% LTV...

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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...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

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Auction sales rate falls as buyers become more selective

The proportion of property auction lots sold fell to 64.7% in July as buyers...

Untangled completes Ampla Finance rebrand with new website

Specialist lender Untangled has launched a new website, completing its transition from Ampla Finance. The...

L&G cuts rates for new optional payment lifetime mortgages

L&G has introduced rate reductions of between 0.01% and 1.00% for new customers taking...

Mortgage payments are leading source of financial pressure for borrowers

More than half of UK mortgage holders worry about their repayments at least once...

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