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L&G Mortgage Club to hold second virtual summer conference

Legal & General Mortgage Club's Virtual Summer Conference will take place on 6-7 July...

UTB delivers 3-hour application-to-mortgage offer

United Trust Bank (UTB) has combined its new Mortgage DIP and Auto-Underwrite technology with...

Glenhawk achieves carbon neutral certification

Bridging lender, Glenhawk, has achieved a carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust. The Carbon...

FIBA bolsters lender panel representation

Specialist finance trade body, FIBA has appointed SME specialist lender, Hilltop Credit Partners, to...

SMEs set to struggle with business rates

46% of UK small business owners say they can’t afford to contribute anything towards...

Affordability Hub reveals usage stats for first year

Affordability Hub was used for mortgage searches worth more than £37bn during the first...

Millions still don’t have a will, despite pandemic

Canada Life has reported that the Covid pandemic has caused adults over the country...

New CEO for National Friendly

Graham Singleton has been appointed as the new CEO of National Friendly, the Bristol-based...

£29bn in mortgages to mature in October

The Yorkshire Building Society has highlighted that over £29 billion worth of residential mortgages...

BEP Systems appointed by Unisys & Ipswich Building Society

BEP Systems is to provide Ipswich Building Society with a major upgrade to the...

The Marsden teams up with Age Partnership

The Marsden Building Society has established a new partnership with equity release and later-life...

Mortgage approvals maintain high level

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage borrowing rebounded to £6.6 billion...

The Mansfield appoints board chair

The Mansfield Building Society has appointed Alison Chmiel as its first female board chair. She...

Annual house price growth at highest level since 2004

Annual house price growth accelerated to 13.4% in June, the highest level since November...

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

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...

Remortgage searches rise 7% in July

Residential remortgage searches increased by 7% during July as purchase and buy-to-let activity weakened,...

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