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Clydesdale Bank improves broker-lender contact

Clydesdale Bank has made changes it order to make it easier for brokers to...

Hodge increases maximum portfolio buy-to-let LTV to 75%

Hodge has made changes to its portfolio buy-to-let (PBTL) loans, including increasing its maximum...

LMS launches secure messaging facility to boost turnaround times

LMS has unveiled its Secure Link messaging service to better streamline the conveyancing process...

Record quarter for bridging lender

Octane Capital lent £117m during the second quarter of 2021. This is the first...

Q2 residential mortgage transaction volumes reach all-time high

HMRC has reported that the provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate for UK residential transactions in...

The Mortgage Lender unveils holiday and short-term lets deal

The Mortgage Lender has launched a holiday and short-term lets product. Holiday and short-term lets is available...

Pure Retirement to offer Countrywide’s ‘Auto-Instruct’ self-service facility

Pure Retirement has become the first equity release provider to gain access to Countrywide...

Catalyst appoints relationship manager

Short-term finance lender, Catalyst, is expanding its new business team with the appointment of...

Paradigm partners with Molo Finance

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a new partnership with digital mortgage lender, Molo Finance. Member...

UTB joins Sesame and PMS panels

Sesame Bankhall Group has added United Trust Bank (UTB) to PMS Mortgage Club and...

BFS sees 85% growth in six-month lending total

BFS has seen an overall increase in lending of 85% in the six months...

SME leaders not hopeful about ‘levelling up’

New research from Nucleus Commercial Finance has found that 56% of SME leaders believe...

New home registrations reach 14-year high

New NHBC data has revealed that the second quarter of 2021 was the strongest...

Two-thirds of FTBs still likely to use a broker

78% of first-time buyers said they would be likely to use a broker to...

COMMENT

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...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

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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...

Mortgage pressures weigh on health as households lack financial safety net

Two in five UK adults say their finances have harmed their mental health over...

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