News

Over-55s face tougher mortgage quest than the self-employed

Last month, while there was at least one lender able to meet the loan...

Pepper Money boosts specialist underwriting capability

Pepper Money has expanded its underwriting specialist team by two-thirds since the start of...

App-to-offer broker satisfaction on the rise

Broker satisfaction with how quickly lenders are processing applications through to offer has increased...

Funding 365 slashes light development rates

Funding 365 has cut rates on its light development product. Interest now starts at 0.64%...

Brightstar joins Sesame Bankhall Group’s specialist panel

Brightstar Financial has become a preferred distributor for Sesame Bankhall Group on its new...

New BDM for Keystone Property Finance

Keystone Property Finance BDMs has recruited a new business development manger (BDM) for the South...

Paragon withdraws from second charge market

Paragon Banking Group has decided to quit the second charge mortgage market in order...

One month until BoE launches climate stress testing

Ground risk specialist, Terrafirma, has reminded lenders that there is just one month to...

Affordability Hub now integrated into MortgageBrain Classic

Users of MortgageBrain Classic will be able to source products based on affordability as...

Black & White Bridging selects exclusive master broker distribution partner

Loans Warehouse is to be the only packager/distributor in the UK to carry Black...

The Nottingham cuts 95% LTV five-year fix by 20bps

The Nottingham has reduced the rate on its 95% LTV five-year fixed product from...

Covid-19 changes first time buyer priorities

First time buyers have incurred significant costs from house purchases falling through, alongside the...

MPowered Mortgages joins Primis panel

Primis members now have access to MPowered Mortgages' products for buy-to-let individual, limited company and portfolio landlords. MPowered Mortgages’ product offering...

Zephyr cuts 75% LTV five-year rates

Zephyr Homeloans has reduced rates on its 75% loan to value (LTV) five-year, fixed-rate...
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COMMENT

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

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....

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Specialist

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital Property Finance has increased its committed funding facility with Shawbrook Bank to...
networks

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

LSL Property Services is understood to have agreed a deal involving Beneficial mortgage network...
Buy-to-let

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

London recorded the strongest monthly increase in average rents as demand continued to outstrip...
Protection

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

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