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Metro Bank ups maximum new build LTV

Metro Bank has increased its maximum LTV for new build flats and houses to...

Barclays improves deals for buy-to-let borrowers

Barclays Mortgages has unveiled rate reductions across its buy-to-let product ranges for customers purchasing...

MoneySuperMarket partners with digital insurance distributor

MoneySuperMarket has partnered with digital insurance distributor ATEC Group to offer a non-standard home...

Accord improves residential range with rate cuts

Accord Mortgages is making a number of changes to its residential mortgage offering, with...

Covid: majority of self-employed received no government support

Research from The Mortgage Lender has found that the majority of self-employed people in...

LGHF launches Premier Lifetime Mortgage to property millionaires

The number of wards in England & Wales with an average house price of...

‘Business as usual’ for house prices

Halifax has reported that average house prices rose once more in August, with the...

Aviva joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the appointment of Aviva to its lender...

FIBA members now have access to FutureBricks’ offering

Members of the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) can now access FutureBricks’ full...

Paragon Development Finance appoints deputy managing director

Paragon Development Finance has announced the appointment of Neal Moy as deputy managing director. Moy...

Nucleus Commercial Finance to offer RLS term loans

Nucleus Commercial Finance has been accredited by the British Business Bank under the government-backed...

Equity loan provider sets sights on first-time buyer market

Mortgage lender Ahauz has launched today and will will lend first-time buyers an equity loan...

Enra unveils new bridging technology platform

Enra Specialist Finance has launched a new underwriting and case management system for its...

Darlington BS to utilise LendingMetrics’ ADP

Darlington Building Society is implementing a new assisted underwriting platform to speed up decisioning...

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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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PropTech silos prolong mortgage journey, Houzecheck warns

Disconnected property technology is creating new data silos instead of delivering faster mortgage and...

Swansea BS completes £25k charity fund with YMCA Cardiff donation

Swansea Building Society has completed an anniversary charity fund with a £3,000 donation to...

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...

No mandate for automatic cohabitation rights, Deech warns

Proposals giving cohabiting couples automatic rights over homes, pensions and other assets lack clear...

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