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Aldermore joins MMA

Aldermore Bank has become the latest lender to join the Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA). The...

The Coventry signs Race at Work Charter

the Coventry Building Society has signed the Race at Work Charter, created by Business...

Openwork extends wellbeing support to advisers

The Openwork Partnership has extended its remote training and wellbeing support for colleagues to...

Mortgage Brain improves lender insights offering

Mortgage Brain has upgraded its lender insights offering, available to lenders who use its...

The Mortgage Lender unveils residential Lumi deals

The Mortgage Lender has introdcued a new, Lumi-branded, residential product aimed at borrowers whose...

Adviser banned and fined £68k

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Simon Varley from working in financial services...

Octane Capital extends buy-to-let broker availability

Octane Capital has opened up its buy-to-let product range to all brokers. Until now, loans...

BuildLoan & Bucks BS launch £1m self-build mortgage

BuildLoan has introduced three self and custom build mortgage products with Buckinghamshire Building Society,...

Strong demand for Skipton’s 95% offering

The Skipton Building Society has reported a huge interest in its 95% LTV mortgage. The...

Zephyr Homeloans expands limited company conveyancer panel

Specialist buy-to-let lender, Zephyr Homeloans, has increased its limited company conveyancer panel to eight...

The Dudley becomes carbon neutral

The Dudley Building Society has become a carbon neutral organisation. The mutual, based in the...

Hodge ups maximum loan size to £1.5m

Hodge has increased its maximum loan size from £1m to £1.5m. It has also removed...

Strong Q1 for Uinsure

Uinsure has reported 33.5% sales growth in the opening quarter of 2021. The insurance firm...

Pivot completes £840k commercial bridge

PIVOT COMPLETES £840K COMMERCIAL BRIDGE ON MIDLANDS OFFICE BLOCK Development lender Pivot has recently completed...

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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