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TML cuts BTL minimum loan value and adds 80% deals

The Mortgage Lender has added a number of new 80% loan to value products...

Newcastle Building Society introduces First Homes mortgages

The  Newcastle Building Society has launched a range of 95% LTV mortgages available under...

Precise Mortgages brings back 80% LTV buy-to-let

Precise Mortgage has reintroduced higher loan-to-value (LTV) limits on its buy-to-let mortgages and launched...

Pepper completes £425m securitisation

Pepper Money has closed its largest securitisation to date. The £425m securitisation, which is...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates at 75% LTV 

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its 75% LTV product range by up to...

SimplyBiz Mortgages unveils second ‘Summer of Learning’

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the return of its ‘Summer of Learning’ for 2021. The month-long...

Accord sees improvements from buy-to-let platform

Accord Mortgages has claimed that its new buy-to-let platform has already reaped benefits for...

The Ipswich partners with PRIMIS

The Ipswich Building Society has agreed a new partnership with PRIMIS Mortgage Network. The agreement...

Darlington Intermediaries joins Brilliant panel

Darlington Intermediaries has become the latest lend to joins them panel of Brilliant Solutions...

Responsible Lending improves reach of lifetime mortgages

Responsible Lending has increased by half the number of LTV bands on which it...

Skipton appoints national account lead

Rachael Hunnisett has been promoted to national account lead at Skipton Building Society for...

Foundation offers fee-free 75% LTV portfolio landlord specials

Foundation Home Loans has launched a series of ‘no-fee’ 75% LTV two-year fixed rate...

Metro Bank unveils new 90-95% LTV fixes

Metro Bank has reduced rates on all its 90% and 95% LTV fixed rate residential...

F4B Network expands GI panel

The F4B Network has grown its general insurance (GI) offering with the addition of...

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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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...

Bristol tops 2026 Japanese knotweed hotspots

Bristol has retained its position as England’s Japanese knotweed capital, recording more than twice...

Marsden passes £100m Guernsey lending milestone

Marsden Building Society has surpassed £100m in mortgage completions in Guernsey through its partnership...

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