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Furlough hitting retirement plans

46% of currently furloughed workers have changed their retirement plans, according to new research...

Tenant demand continues to increase

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the average number of new prospective tenants registered per...

JLM Mortgage Services integrates OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been integrated across it proposition by mortgage and protection...

MPC maintains Bank Rate at 0.1%

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

Women have “worrying lack” of pension wealth

1.5 million widows in the UK aged 55 and over say they have lost...

L&G Mortgage Club offers pair of Landbay semi-exclusives

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced two new semi-exclusive, buy-to-let mortgage products for...

LV= changes lifetime mortgage fee structure

LV= is making changes to the fee structure on its Drawdown+ and Lump Sum+...

Masthaven reduces minumum loan amounts

Masthaven Bank's minimum loan amount on its bridging, specialist bridging and refurbishment products has...

West One launches Funding the Future campaign

West One Loans has unveiled a new environmental sustainability initiative, to fund projects based...

UTB expands Fast Track bridging criteria

United Trust Bank (UTB) has widened the criteria for its Fast Track bridging service...

Brilliant Solutions adds LV= to panel

Brilliant Solutions' members now have access to LV= lifetime mortgage products. With access to LV=...

Buy-to-let still attractive to property investors

Almost two-thirds of landlords in the UK allowed flexibility on rental payments during the...

Rebrand for Swansea Building Society

The Swansea Building Society has undergone a brand refresh with an updated logo and...

Castle Trust Bank joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Castle Trust Bank to its lender panel. Members of the...

COMMENT

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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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...

StrideUp cuts HMO and MUFB finance rates and raises broker fees

StrideUp has reduced rates across its houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and multi-unit freehold...

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