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Ceta Insurance appointment to manage non-standard referrals

Ceta Insurance has appointed Isaac Robinson in the new role of B2B household specialist...

Air Group partnership offers unsecured loan facility

Air Group has launched a new product relationship with free2, the over-55s credit broker. Adviser...

Foundation unveils 2.99% five-year deal for portfolio landlords

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a new Limited Edition five-year, fixed-rate buy-to-let product specifically...

Castle Trust Bank bolsters sales team in the capital

Castle Trust Bank has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Matthew Lawrence...

BuildLoan partners with the Loughborough for new self-build products

BuildLoan and Loughborough Building Society have introduced two cost-based self-build mortgage products offering a...

Hope Capital introduces fast-track bridging facility

Hope Capital has unveiled a new deal which it says is the fastest bridging...

UTB funds £10m Ashcourt development in Bridlington

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing the finance for a development of 22 new...

Employees want ‘always on’ culture to change post-pandemic

Aviva has reported that 47% of employees have become less career focused as a...

Borrowers finding it harder to secure required mortgage loan size

Over the last six months, fewer lenders have been able to provide the loan...

The Exeter offers level guaranteed premiums across all occupation classes

The Exeter has launched a new income protection product combining its Income One and...

Hodge joins Brickflow

Hodge has become the latest to plug into Brickflow, a search engine for development...

Conveyancers want leasehold reform legislation

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is calling on the government to move ‘further and faster’ in...

Bluestone Mortgages back in 85% LTV lending

Bluestone Mortgages is relaunching higher loan to value (LTV) limits across its residential and buy-to-let...

Confused.com owner buys mortgage broker

RVU, owners of Uswitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk, is to acquire Mojo Mortgages. Mojo, based in...

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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Lenvi increases standby servicing team as loan book reaches £48bn

Lenvi has expanded its specialist standby servicing team by 50% this year after a...

Skipton tests digital mortgage deeds for remortgage customers

Skipton Building Society has begun a pilot allowing remortgage customers to sign mortgage deeds...

Higher-value homes account for one in six lifetime mortgages

One in six lifetime mortgages completed during the second quarter of 2026 was secured...

Northern house price growth slows as regional divide narrows

Northern England remains Britain’s strongest-performing housing market, although growth in the leading regions is...

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