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InterBay Commercial issues new holiday let offering

InterBay Commercial has launched a range of holiday let products. The lender, which is part...

Foundation adds ‘Green Reward’ residential remortgage

Foundation Home Loan has unveiled a ‘Green Reward’ remortgage as part of its residential range. The...

Atom Bank reoffers 95% LTV mortgages

Atom Bank has relaunched its 95% LTV mortgages with immediate effect. Atom is re-introducing the...

Pepper cuts minimum BTL income requirements

Pepper Money has made a number of changes to its buy-to-let mortgage range, cutting...

MPowered Mortgages joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added new lender MPowered Mortgages to its lender panel. MPowered Mortgages offers...

Together revamps second charge range

Specialist lender Together has reduced rates on its second charge products to help more...

Landbay cuts rates and improves flexibility

Landbay is lowering the minimum property value on its core products to £65,000 from...

Virgin Money unveils new three-year fixes

Virgin Money is to introduced new fixed rates at high LTVs. On Wednesday 14 April,...

Seven-year high for adviser BTL business expectations

The proportion of mortgage brokers expecting to do more buy-to-let business over the next...

ASTL reveals new associate member

Landwood Group has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

Covid responsible for 32% of the Exeter’s IP claims

The Exeter paid over £10.1m in income protection (IP) during 2020, equating to 91% of...

Air Group and Knowledge Bank to hold Criteria Clinics

Air Group is offering a series of new ‘Criteria Clinics’ in conjunction with criteria...

Keystone unveils green buy-to-let mortgages

Keystone Property Finance has launched a range of green mortgages that rewards landlords who...

Tuscan completes 130-property acquisition bridge in three weeks

Bridging lender Tuscan Capital has completed a £9m funding facility for a developer client...

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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