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Paradigm appoints director of mortgages

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Richard Howes as its new director...

Octane Capital reaches £1bn lending milestone

Octane Capital has passed £1bn of completions in the four years since its launch...

Furlough no longer a major search criterion

‘Furloughed workers’ is no longer amongst the most-searched terms by brokers, according to Knowledge...

Scotland expansion for Just Mortgages

Since the beginning of 2021, Just Mortgages has almost quadrupled the number of self-employed...

Darlington Intermediaries extends 90% LTV nationally

Darlington Intermediaries is making its 90% loan to value (LTV) mortgage available nationally. Since the...

The Buckinghamshire unveils 80% LTV 5-year BTL fix

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a fixed year buy-to-let mortgage product with a fixed...

Accord improves rates and increases cashback

Accord Mortgages is making changes to its residential mortgage range. The lender is improving rates...

Online research most common way of finding a mortgage broker

Pepper Money has found that online research has overtaken recommendations from friends and family...

Tuscan Capital cuts rates and adds new product types

Tuscan Capital has made a number of changes to its broker-facing offering to include...

Air Group launches guide to increase retirement funding customer engagement

18% of those aged 45 and above have not undertaken any retirement planning and...

Insecure hosting could lead to GDPR breaches

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has warned many businesses may be at risk of being...

Bluebox Finance agrees deal with Suros Capital

Suros Capital has signed an origination agreement with specialist business and property finance broker,...

Landbay unveils new deals for landlords with three or fewer properties

Landbay has launched two brand new products for landlords with three properties or less. The...

LSL to increase employee engagement focus

LSL Property Services plc (LSL) has created two new employee forums to enhance employee...

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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