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VAS Group appoints valuation panel director

VAS Group has appointed Andrew Murdoch as valuation panel director. With over 20 years’ banking...

SimplyBiz Mortgages members to have MBT Affordability access

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) and SimplyBiz Mortgages have announced a partnership to provide the...

Conveyancing staff raise £10k with Captain Tom 100 Challenge

STAFF at Convey Law staff have raised £10,000 in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore...

UTB joins MCI lender panel

United Trust Bank (UTB) has become the latest lender to join MCI Club's lender...

OMS to use Nivo facial recognition ID verification service

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with Nivo, a secure mobile messaging platform to...

Habito returns to 80% LTV buy-to-let lending

Habito has announced a return to lending at 80% loan to value (LTV) across...

Signature appoints relationship manager for North West

Signature Property Finance has appointed Steve Woods as relationship manager for the North West...

Major rise in intermediaries’ mental health concerns

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has published results of its second Health and Wellbeing Survey...

Paymentshield and Goodlord extend partnership

General Insurance provider Paymentshield and referencing firm Goodlord have extended their partnership agreement for...

Record month in applications for Accord

Accord Mortgages has reported its largest ever month for mortgage applications. The lender revealed...

Together appoints commercial finance COO

Darren Clarke has been appointed as specialist lender Together's group commercial finance chief operating...

April house prices 1.4% higher than in March

Halifax has reported that house prices reached a record high for the second month...

Brightstar launches Mental Health Awareness Week programme

The Brightstar Group is launching its largest ever programme for Mental Health Awareness Week...

Sirius Property Finance appoints head of care & hospitality

Chris Field has been appointed to to lead Sirius Property Finance's new specialist business...

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....

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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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