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Roma Finance appoints senior BDM

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Mark Foley as its senior business development...

Law firm gears up for anticipated property dispute surge

Cavendish Legal Group is expanding its property litigation resource in anticipation of an increase...

Accord cuts rates across range of LTV bands

Accord Mortgages is cutting rate cuts across a range of loan to values (LTVs),...

Equity release ‘myths’ still abound

12% of homeowners in the UK aged 40 and above would consider releasing equity...

Metro Bank cuts rates and adds new fixes to residential range

Metro Bank has reduced pricing by 50bps across its 75% LTV residential range for...

Paradigm partners with Saffron for Intermediaries

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Saffron for Intermediaries to its lender panel. Paradigm member firms...

Evolution Money reveals latest second charge lending data

Evolution Money has launched the second edition of its quarterly data tracker, which reviews borrower...

Landbay reduces large HMO and MUFB rates

Landbay has cut its large HMO and MUFB range by up to 0.2 percentange...

ULS Technology agrees deal with Legal & General Mortgage Club

ULS Technology has signed a new three-year panel management contract with Legal & General...

Roz Cawood joins Hope Capital

Hope Capital has announced that Roz Cawood has been appointed as its director of...

CHL Mortgages cuts BTL rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its 65% LTV product range by up to...

Equity Release Council updates adviser guide

The Equity Release Council has refreshed its ‘Adviser Guide to Equity Release’ which is...

NatWest cuts rates and adds trackers to range

NatWest is making changes to its product offering which includes rate reductions of up to 31bps,...

The Newcastle appoints non-executive director

The Newcastle Building Society has announced that Michele Faull will join its board as...

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

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,...

LEASE launches lease extension cost tool

The Leasehold Advisory Service has launched a free online tool enabling leaseholders to check...

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