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Royal London removes Covid-19 underwriting restrictions

Royal London has removed restrictions to its underwriting approach put in place in 2020...

CHL Mortgages adds New Leaf to panel

CHL Mortgages has added New Leaf to its select distribution panel for its buy-to-let...

Impact Specialist Finance joins SBG’s new master broker panel

Impact Specialist Finance has been reappointed to the Sesame Bankhall Group approved specialist lending...

Virgin Money cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Virgin Money has made a series of reductions to its residential and buy-to-let mortgages. The...

FIBA agrees protection referral partnership

Trade body FIBA has partnered with BQI Protection to introduce a referral service for...

HRMC: April residential transactions down 36%

HRMC has revealed that its provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions...

CSF publishes latest Health and Wellbeing interview

Staff at Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) have held five days of activities for Mental...

The Right Mortgage holds virtual National Training Event

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network team held another virtual National Training Event yesterday...

Criteria Hub reaches 80 lender milestone

MPowered Mortgages has become the latest lender to go live on Criteria Hub. The criteria-based...

Over-55s’ interest-only a no-go area for large minority of brokers

A recent webinar LiveMore Capital held in conjunction with Knowledge Bank looked at what types...

NatWet makes new business rate changes

NatWest is making a number of changes to its product range for new business...

SmartrCriteria sees major rise in searches for satisfied defaults

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool continued to deliver thousands of searches for...

Stonebridge appoints operations director

Stonebridge had announced that Gavin Earnshaw will join the network on 1 June as...

Accord to offer new build up to 90% LTV

Accord Mortgages is revising its higher loan to value (LTV) mortgage offering to include...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 16

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Why complex-income borrowers need more adviser support

The UK mortgage market has become more complex for borrowers, lenders and advisers alike. Higher rates, tighter affordability pressures and more varied working patterns...

Economic abuse: The warning signs every adviser should recognise

Taking out a joint mortgage is one of the most common ways for people to get onto the property ladder. For many, combining earning...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 15

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Why partnerships are key for unlocking advice niches

What’s your USP? It’s a vital question for all businesses to consider, but particularly advice firms. So, what exactly draws a potential client to...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 16

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge...

Rising unemployment raises fresh arrears concerns for lenders

The UK labour market showed further signs of weakening this morning as unemployment rose...

LHV Bank completes £22m buy-to-let portfolio deals

LHV Bank has completed two specialist buy-to-let transactions totalling about £22 million to support...

Wealthy Advisers Club launches free performance planner app

The Wealthy Advisers Club has launched a free 90-day performance planning app for mortgage...

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