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Female borrowers adversely hit by Covid

The number of cases Bluestone Mortgages received from individual female applicants between October 2020...

ONS sees house price growth slowing

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK average house prices increased...

Homebuyers want more digital documentation

81% of homebuyers across the country want a wider adoption of digital documentation tools...

Good and bad news for adverse clients

Research for Pepper Money has found that customers with adverse credit are more positive about...

MBT unveils research platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has unveiled MBT Research, an integrated research platform designed to...

ULS technology boosts sales and marketing teams

ULS technology has expanded its sales and marketing functions with the recruitment of two...

44% of first-time buyers delayed home purchase because of Covid

While the Covid pandemic made homeownership a larger priority for 63% of first-time buyers,...

CHL Mortgages joins Dynamo panel

CHL Mortgages  has been appointed by Dynamo for Intermediaries following the buy-to-let lender's return...

Atom bank cuts higher LTV rates

Atom bank has cut its 90% and 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage rates by...

Significant growth for landlord platform

Digital company formation and management platform, GetGround, has reported a six times year-on-year increase...

Specialist lender boosts credit team

Atelier Capital Partners has had made two appointments to its credit team. Former head of...

Shawbrook unveils new buy-to-let bandings

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes to its buy-to-let and HMO range,...

Foundation Home Loans improves first-time buyer access

Foundation Home Loans has revised its residential product range in a move designed to...

Hodge appoints national account manager

James Enos has been appointed by Hodge as its new national account manager for...

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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