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HMRC: lending falls back from March record

HMRC has reported that mortgage borrowing fell back in April by £8.2 billion. Individuals borrowed...

Black & White Bridging hires corporate finance specialist

Black & White Bridging has appointed Nicholas Goss as head of investments & capital...

Bluestone Mortgages temporarily lowers LTVs to maintain service 

Bluestone Mortgages has lowered the maximum loan to value (LTV) options available on the...

Black Book Finance closes £10.25m facility

Black Book Finance has arranged a £10.25m senior debt facility with Puma Property Finance,...

MCI teams up with Loans Warehouse

MCI Mortgage Club has partnered with Loans Warehouse to provide more second charge and bridging products...

Twenty7Tec to integrate virtual assistant into CloudTwenty7

Twenty7Tec has formed a strategic partnership with Meet Parker, an Augmented Intelligence virtual assistant...

New key account manager for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new key account manager. Wes Regis...

LiveMore Capital to remove arrangement fees

LiveMore Capital is removing the arrangement fees on all new mortgage applications across its...

Newcastle Intermediaries ups self-build LTV to 85%

Newcastle Intermediaries is widening the availability of its self and custom-build product range available...

AMI: new FCA additional fee “a disgrace”

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has issued a strongly worded response to the...

Paragon re-enters holiday lets and short-term finance markets

Paragon Bank is once again to offer holiday lets and short-term finance markets. Following...

The Nottingham revamps limited company proposition

The Nottingham Building Society has unveiled a new limited company buy-to-let range. The new offering...

Annual house price growth increases to 10.9%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices in May 2021 were up...

CHL Mortgages joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

CHL Mortgages is further expanding its distribution with a distribution partnership with Legal &...

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

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...

Affordability blocking housing recovery

Improving confidence is encouraging buyers back into the housing market but affordability remains the...

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