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LV= extends protection payment break

LV= is extending both its payment break and premium and cover reduction options until...

Smartr365 integrates smart devices into retention tool

Smartr365 has added voice assistant and smart device integrations to its retention tool SmartrRetain. Clients...

Vida unveils 4.34% five-year buy-to-let fix

Vida has introduced an 80% LTV five-year fixed fee special to its buy-to-let range...

Mint returnee appointed as BDM

Mint Property Finance has welcomed Wayne Lee back to the business as business development manager (BDM). He re-joins the...

Burrow launches client portal and retention marketing modules

Burrow is expanding its API-led Digital Mortgage Platform to include two modules developed for...

Developer uses Porsche 911 for short-term loan

Suros Capital, the alternative security short-term lender, has provided a £66,000 loan to a...

Jargon hindering adviser income protection sales

Research from the Exeter has found that two-thirds (67%) of the UK’s working population...

Record protection payouts for Royal London in 2020

Mutual insurer Royal London paid 99.6% of all protection claims last year, totalling a...

Barclays lowers green home mortgage rate

Barclays has made changes to its green home mortgage range. The bank says the change...

Source Insurance to support Learning at Work Week

Source Insurance is to hold a new week-long series of free ‘Lunch and Learn’...

LiveMore Capital partners with L&C Mortgages

LiveMore Capital has expanded its distribution with its launch with L&C Mortgages. LiveMore Capital provides Retirement...

TML unveils semi-exclusive HMO and Lumi buy-to-let products

The Mortgage Lender (TML) is offering a five-year fixed HMO buy-to-let rate and Lumi-branded...

more2life unveils 58% LTV lifetime mortgage

More2life has unveiled what it says it the highest LTV product in the lifetime...

The Property Franchise Group agrees advice deal with LSL

LSL Property Services has agreed a five-year deal to provide digital and face-to-face mortgage and...

COMMENT

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...

Is landlord liquidity at risk of becoming too overlooked?

Among the many heated debates swirling around the buy-to-let market at present - and there are many - one that gets relatively little attention...

Latest news

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...

AI will not replace brokers, says OneDome chief

Mortgage brokers will remain central to the homebuying process despite the rise of artificial...

Professional landlords remain committed to buy-to-let despite regulatory pressures

Professional property investors are continuing to back the private rental sector despite mounting regulation...

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