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Time Finance appoints CEO

Time Finance has announced that Ed Rimmer has been confirmed as the permanent CEO...

Together completes second commercial securitisation

Together Financial Services Limited has completed its second public small balance commercial real estate...

Pepper Money commits to climate change initiatives

Pepper Money has joined forces with Ecologi, a climate positive organisation that plants trees...

Kensington first lender to complete UK green bond securitisation

Kensington Mortgages' latest securitisation – Finsbury Square 2021-1 GREEN - has been upsized from...

UTB starts offering Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) facilities

United Trust Bank (UTB) has begun offering Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) facilities of up...

Fiduciam expands its graduate programme

Fiduciam is to hire 10 graduates this year in an expansion of its graduate...

LendInvest appoints fintech law firm to BTL legal panel 

LendInvest has appointed 'digital-first' law firm, Juno, to its legal panel for its buy-to-let product. Juno...

The Dudley unveils energy efficient products

The Dudley Building Society launched two new remortgage products and a further advance product...

Record attendance for more2life symposium

Equity release lender, more2life, has revealed that the number of advisers who attended its...

BFS supports Wirral children’s charity

Bridging Finance Solutions is backing Wirral youth zone, the Hive, funding its mentoring programme...

Skipton Talks webinar series details revealed

Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries has announced the speakers for its next set of...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts buy-to-let rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced the rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to...

Broker sentiment not yet back to pre-pandemic levels

New research from Smart Money People has found that broker satisfaction with mortgage lenders...

New COO for Gatehouse Bank

Gatehouse Bank has appointed Tracey Bailey as its new chief operating officer (COO). Bailey (pictured),...

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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