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New 80% LTV options from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of rate cuts and new 80% LTV product...

FCA hits LBGI with £90m fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined LBGI (Lloyds Bank General Insurance Limited, St...

Barclays to cut BTL and residential mortgage rates

Barclays Mortgages is introducing rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let product ranges for...

Majority of portfolio landlords prefer to use a broker

New research by Hodge has found nearly three-quarters of portfolio buy-to-let landlords prefer to...

Legal & General Home Finance joins Sesame’s later life panel

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has become the latest provider to join Sesame...

Clydesdale Bank unveils 90% LTV intermediary exclusive

Clydesdale Bank has launched a new intermediary exclusive at 90% loan to value (LTV). The...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts high LTV rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has lowered the rates on selected residential mortgages by 10 basis...

West One Loans joins Tenet lender panel

Tenet Group has added West One Loans’ buy-to-let division to its lender panel. West One...

Retirement planning being hit by pension changes

18% of over-40s state that increases to the state pension age have affected their...

Loans Warehouse boosts board and announces appointments

Specialist broker Loans Warehouse has announce a number of key promotions and strengthened its...

Octane offers exclusive rates to L&G club members

Octane Capital is offering Legal & General Mortgage Club members exclusive reduced rates across...

The Mansfield partners with Brilliant Solutions

The Mansfield Building Society has teamed up with mortgage club and packager, Brilliant Solutions,...

TML offers limited edition £250m buy-to-let tranche

The Mortgage Lender has released a £250m tranche of two and five-year fixed rate...

Bank of Ireland launches green buy-to-let mortgages

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has introduced a new range of mortgages for more...

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....

Latest news

Ben Thompson to leave Mortgage Advice Bureau at year-end

Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced that Ben Thompson will leave the mortgage intermediary at...

Wealthy Advisers Club sets date for high-performance conference

The Wealthy Advisers Club will hold its next conference at the Kensington Conference &...

Landbay cuts buy-to-let rates and expands specialist range

Landbay has cut rates by up to 0.35% across its Premier, Core and Specialist...

Stonebridge overhauls protection sourcing platform

Stonebridge has redesigned the protection sourcing journey within its Revolution adviser platform to support...

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