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CSF makes two senior management appointments

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has expanded its senior management team with Gareth Shilton joining...

11% of adults plan to use home to fund retirement

50% of consumers aged 55-74 would expect any property they own to be taken...

Dragon Network & Finance selects OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been adopted by the Dragon Network and Dragon Finance. The...

Clydesdale Bank introduces FTB exclusive at 90% LTV

Clydesdale Bank has launched a new first-time buyer Intermediary exclusive. The two-year fixed rate is...

Two exit Hope Capital as it plans restructuring

Hope Capital has announced a restructuring of its new business division as well as...

Reward Finance to open new offices

Reward Finance Group had reported its strongest ever new business performance in March, resulting...

Catalyst unveils lower rate for larger bridging loans

Catalyst has launched a 'low rate' product for larger bridging loans. Monthly rates are 0.55%...

Nick Jones to leave Roma Bridging

Nick Jones, commercial director at Roma Finance, is to leave the business. Jones joined the...

North West sees highest annual house price growth

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that average house prices in February...

“Full steam ahead” for property market

The latest UK monthly property transactions data from HMRC has shown there has been...

Expansion at The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender has increased its head count 150 and revealed additional job creation...

Bridging lender to hold free CPD training seminar

London Credit is offering a free CPD-accredited online training event for brokers on the...

Iress to use Burrow for digital onboarding

Iress has agreed a partnership to include the Burrow onboarding and qualification tool as...

AMI disappointed and concerned by FCA fee stance

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has expressed its frustration with the FCA over...

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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