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Skipton cuts fixed BTL, residential & retention rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing a number of rates across its residential, buy-to-let and...

Accord increases higher LTI income threshold cap

Accord Mortgages is increasing the income threshold for its highest loan-to-income (LTI) cap from...

The Nottingham makes series of residential rate cuts

The Nottingham has reduced a selection of of residential mortgage rates. The building society has...

Vida appoints director of marketing

Vida has announced the appointment of Iain Gibbons as director of marketing. He joins Vida...

Paragon adds four new green BTL further advance deals

Paragon Bank has expanded its range of green buy-to-let products with the launch of...

Beardmore succeeds Hall at L&G following latter’s departure to LSL

Legal & General Mortgage Club has appointed Clare Beardmore as head of broker and...

Vida unveils digital switching portal

Vida has introduced an intermediary product switch portal to provide brokers with a simple...

Cleary to leave OneSavings Bank

Alan Cleary, group managing director for mortgages at OSB Group, is to retire. Cleary, who...

UTB creates new chief technology officer role

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed James Masters to the newly created role of...

Selina partners with Pure Law to speed up completions

Selina Finance is working with Pure Law to deliver completions on its overdraft-style second...

CHL Mortgages expands distribution panel

CHL Mortgages has grown its distribution panel with the addition of SimplyBiz Mortgages. SimplyBiz Mortgages...

Accord rate cuts to benefit those with higher deposits

Accord Mortgages has reduced rates on its buy-to-let range for brokers and their clients...

The Nottingham funds new ERC-free self-build range for BuildLoan

BuildLoan has partnered with the Nottingham Building Society to design two new self and...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts high LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates by up to 0.25 percentage points across its range...

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

Stonebridge overhauls protection sourcing platform

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

WH Ireland adopts MARS to strengthen vulnerable client support

WH Ireland has adopted the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) to improve how it identifies...

HSBC lowers residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK will reduce rates across a range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages from...

Royal London appoints Gelling as risk chief

Royal London has appointed Louise Gelling as group chief risk officer, subject to regulatory...

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