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Apsen breaks own monthly completion record

Aspen Bridging has recorded a new monthly completions record, lending £23m in April 2021. ...

Sesame Bankhall Group unveils new master broker panel

Sesame Bankhall Group has announced that PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network members now...

AMI welcomes FSCS costs deferment

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy forecast for 2021/22 has been reduced by...

Primis and Eligible in retention partnership

Primis Mortgage Network and Eligible.ai have agreed a new partnership to provide the network’s...

Majority female board for Convey Law following two appointments

Conveyancing firm Convey Law has appointed two new directors. It now has a female-majority board...

Coventry for Intermediaries improves affordability model

Coventry for Intermediaries has widened elements of its lending policy with changes to its...

Four new hires for Mint Property Finance

Specialist finance lender, Mint Property Finance, has recruited four individuals across four business areas. Stephen...

RICS: buyer demand remains firm

RICS UK Residential Survey for April 2021 reveals that respondents frequently highlighted the mismatch between...

The Dudley to hold regular broker surveys

The Dudley Building Society has decided to hold a regular half yearly broker survey...

Online marketing courses launched for mortgage professionals

Grey Matter Marketing Solutions is offering a range of online training courses for marketing...

Age Partnership hires 30 new advisers

Equity release broker, Age Partnership, is recruiting 30 new advisers to support the predicted...

Conveyancing Association backs Queen’s Speech’ leasehold reform bill 

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has twelcomed the inclusion of a new Leasehold Reform (Ground...

Strong recovery in new build home registrations

Latest figures show that new build home registrations were up 10% in the first...

MCI Club unveils new surveying referral partnership

MCI Mortgage Club is now offering its members a new surveying referral partnership. Members 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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