News

Product flexibility continues to increase in equity release market

Key Partnerships has revealed that the number of equity release products has reached a...

Advise Wise provides adviser desktop application

Advise Wise has introduced a desktop application to allow advisers to access the Advise...

Pure Retirement offers ERC-free repayments across whole range 

Pure Retirement has made changes to its Sovereign range, providing ERC-free repayment opportunities and...

Mint unveils 85% LTV bridging loan from 0.4%

Mint Property Finance has launched a new standard bridging loan up to 85% LTV...

Landbay launches green mortgage range 

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has unveiled its first green mortgage range. All green products offer a...

Brilliant Solutions joins MAB’s specialist broker panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) advisers can now access the specialist packaging and referral services...

SmartSearch: don’t rush AML to beat SDLT deadline

SmartSearch has warned against the dangers of rushing through anti-money laundering checks, in an...

Paragon provides £25.5m development funding package

Watford Riverwell (Family Housing) LLP, a joint venture between Watford Borough Council and Kier...

Source to hold free webinar on FCA’s GI market study

Source Insurance is hosting a free one-hour webinar on the FCA's General Insurance Pricing Practices...

Skipton bolsters business development team

The Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries has announced new investment in its mortgage business...

Newcastle Intermediaries ups JMSP LTV to 95%

Newcastle Intermediaries has unveiled new Joint Mortgage Sole Proprietor (JMSP) products and increased maximum...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts owner-occupier rates by up to 70bps

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced the rates on selected mortgages by up to 70...

More2life urges advisers to respond to FCA’s call for a new Consumer Duty 

Equity release lender, more2life, is calling on advisers to respond to the Financial Conduct...

Brokers see bridge-to-let as way to overcome BTL borrower hesitancy

A poll for Castle Trust Bank and Knowledge Bank has found that 90% of...

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

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...

Vida mortgage lending more than doubles to £840m

Vida Group Holdings increased gross mortgage lending to £840m during the first half of...

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