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New limited edition BTL fixes from Vida

Vida has unveiled limited edition two and five-year fixed rates to its Vida 1...

Regulator plans to stop CMC phoenixing

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has introduced proposals to stop the practice of ‘claims management phoenixing’, by banning Claims Management...

Pure Retirement provides later life insights to brokers

Pure Retirement has launched various key market insight resources to helping advisers serve their...

Octane adds BDM pair for buy-to-let

, today announced that Dylan Bleasdale and Emma Kelman have joined Octane Capital as specialist...

Dashly starts next phase of broker rollout programme

Dashly has announced the rollout of its dashboard for firms. The sales accelerator tool for brokers...

CHL Mortgages launches buy-to-let range with limited distribution

CHL Mortgages has launched its new buy-to-let product range with a limited group of...

Landlords on the lookout for discounted properties

34% of landlords have recently purchased another buy-to-let property or intend to buy one...

West One Loans unveils buy-to-let product and criteria changes

West One Loans has introduced a number of product and criteria changes in its...

Mortgage Brain creates bespoke API with Bath BS

Mortgage Brain has delivered a new, bespoke API for the Bath Building Society which...

Clydesdale Bank improves 85% & 90% LTV criteria

Clydesdale Bank has made changes to its 85% and 90% LTV lending criteria, in...

The Mansfield back to 95% LTV lending

The Mansfield Building Society is offering three new fixed rates, including a 95% house...

Virgin Money unveils 5-15 year 95% LTV fixed rates

Virgin Money has launched three new 95% loan to value (LTV) residential mortgages under...

LendInvest boosts bridging range

LendInvest has made a number of changes to its bridging proposition, including rate reductions...

Metro Bank improves professional mortgage offering

Metro Bank has introduced three major product changes. The lender has improved its range of...

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

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

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

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

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

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

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

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

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

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