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ULS technology hires chief commercial & growth officer

ULS technology has recruited Simon McCulloch in the newly created position of chief commercial...

Specialist lender feedback positive despite high demand

Specialist mortgage lenders received the highest percentage of positive feedback from brokers about their...

Covid causing rise in life cover consideration

11% or 5.8 million UK adults have thought about or taken out life insurance policies...

Reward Finance Group simplifies SME lending product

Reward Finance Group has replaced its Invoice Finance Plus product with ‘Asset Based Solutions’...

Masthaven moves to hybrid model with new offices

Masthaven Bank has moved from its London office to two new sites. There is one...

Environmental issues becoming more important for landlords

Portfolio buy-to-let landlords are responding to a changing market and are starting to seriously...

Gateway Surveyors appointed as Cumberland panel manager

Gateway Surveyors has been appointed as the panel manager for the Cumberland Building Society,...

The Leeds cuts ERC-free rates

The Leeds Building Society has lowered rates on selected fixed rate Flexit mortgages with...

BuildLoan launches new self-build deals with the Vernon

BuildLoan has introduced a pair of self-build products funded by the Vernon Building Society. The...

Keystone Property Finance moves into holiday let market

Keystone Property Finance has begun lending on holiday lets for the first time. Borrowers looking...

Pure Retirement offers 20% ERC-free overpayments 

Pure Retirement has launched a new Heritage Freedom 20 product, offering the ability to...

Mortgage Advice Bureau partners on First Homes scheme pilot

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has become the official mortgage broker for the new First...

Landlords have legal recourse despite eviction ban extension

Property litigation firm Cavendish Legal Group has slammed the government for "causing further uncertainty"...

Just Wealth implements new CRM system

Just Wealth has implemented an advanced customer relationship management (CRM) system, ConcertHub, to support...

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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