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NatWest IS unveils Mortgage Guarantee Scheme deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is launching new Mortgage Guarantee Scheme products for intermediaries. The new scheme allows...

RICS publishes land development measurement guidance

New guidance on the measurement of land for development projects such as new housing...

The Harpenden appoints BDM for the North

The Harpenden Building Society, has expanded its sales function with the appointment of Jacqui...

New Platform deals include 0.95% 60% LTV two-year fix

Platform will be releasing a sub 1% interest rate mortgage for borrowers looking for...

Fleet Mortgages extends lending to LLPs

Fleet Mortgages will now lend to limited liability partnerships (LLPs). The buy-to-let specialist lender is offering...

FCA to protect insurance customers from loyalty penalty

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is implementing a package of remedies to improve competition...

Roma Finance appoints national sales manager

Roma Finance has announced the promotion of Steve Smith to national sales manager. Smith (pictured)...

Countrywide Surveying Services attains ISO27001 recertification

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has been re-certified as ISO27001 compliant for a further three...

AMI welcomes struck out interest-only cases 

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has been encouraged by the recent failure of...

Legal & General Mortgage Club creates API integration with Kensington Mortgages

Legal & General Mortgage Club has finished an API led integration with Kensington Mortgages,...

Virgin Money unveils Greener Mortgages

Virgin Money has launched Greener Mortgages, offering lower rates of interest to customers buying...

Pepper improves broker phone support

Pepper Money has made changes to its broker telephone support, making it quicker and...

more2life updates Capital Choice product offering

Equity release lender, more2life, has made improvements to its Capital Choice product suite for...

The Harpenden launches new JBSP mortgage

The Harpenden Building Society has unveiled a new range of Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor...

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

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...

Mortgage rate reversal wipes out July cuts

Average mortgage rates increased during July, reversing the reductions recorded a month earlier, according...

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