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Together hires property development specialist 

Specialist lender Together has announced the appointment of experienced property professional Chris Taylor to...

£35m in broker income being lost from lack of affordability research

Mortgage advisers are missing out on more than £35m worth of procuration fee income...

Age Partnership appoints new executive director of partnerships

Darren Dicks has been appointed as executive director of Age Partnership's partnership division. Dicks (pictured), who...

Reliance Bank launches new mortgage intermediary website

Reliance Bank has unveiled a new website for mortgage iIntermediaries and made a number...

The Ipswich relaunches shared ownership mortgages

The Ipswich Building Society has re-entered the shared ownership mortgage market with new fixed...

Hodge sees major rise in RIO applications

Hodge has reported a 36% increase in the number of RIO mortgage applications in...

United Trust Bank funds £5m Cambridge development

United Trust Bank (UTB) is to fund the £5m regeneration of a city centre...

Keith Street announces retirement

Keith Street is to retire from his position as chief commercial officer at The...

The Leeds unveils new fee-free interest-only deal

The Leeds Building Society has launched a two-year interest -nly fixed rate product, at...

Precise Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates and fees

Precise Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let range which include reduced rates and fees...

Market likely to cool despite August transaction boost

HMRC's provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in August 2021 is 98,300,...

SMG celebrates twentieth anniversary

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) is this month celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the business. Established in...

Significant growth in lenders’ intermediary distribution

Iress’ tenth annual Mortgage Efficiency Survey has found that over the last year, UK...

CHL Mortgages cuts rates across complete buy-to-let range

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its entire product range catering for individuals, limited...
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Artificial Intelligence

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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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...
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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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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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West One expands mortgage sales team with four appointments

West One has appointed four members to its mortgage division sales team as the...

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