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Openwork Foundation selects national charity partners

The Openwork Foundation has chosen Cruse Bereavement Care and Dementia UK as its two...

The Skipton uses Rightmove AVM and API

The Skipton Building Society is to use enhanced automated valuation data (AVM) technology and...

Foundation unveils 90% LTV residential deals

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a new range of residential products. The new F1...

Top 10 lenders not best for affordability in three-quarters of cases

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has revealed that the top lender for affordability is not...

New website for the Dudley

The Dudley Building Society has launched its new website, geared towards both members and...

LSL and Pollen Street Capital to launch mortgage broker

LSL has agreed a joint venture with Pollen Street Capital (PSC) to establish Pivotal...

Lendlord integrates with accounting software

Portfolio management platform, Lendlord, has introduced an integration with Xero. The new integration will allow...

AMI: lack of directory data of concern to regulator

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has been informed that the Financial Condition Authority (FCA)...

Accord to cut rates of 16 buy-to-let deals next week

Accord is introducing a new buy-to-let range next week. The new offering will include rate...

Equity Release Council expands standards board membership 

Three directors have been reappointed to the Equity Release Council's main board and members also...

Brokers using up to six affordability calculators per case

Mortgage Brain has revealed that 84.5% of attendees of its recent Virtual Mortgage Vision...

Molo collaborates with Uinsure

Digital lender Molo Finance is partnering with Uinsure to offer digital insurance solutions for...

FCA begins mortgage fraud proceedings against unauthorised duo

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has started criminal proceedings against Larry Barreto and Tassib...

Metro Bank launches five-year 95% LTV deal

Metro Bank has unveiled a new five-year fixed rate 95% LTV residential mortgage product. The...

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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Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

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

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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