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Four new appointments at Saffron for Intermediaries

The business development team at Saffron for Intermediaries has announced the appointment of four...

Alternative Bridging Corporation hires head of underwriting

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its underwriting team with the recruitment of Richard Claypole...

Fleet cuts rates following intermediary feedback

Fleet Mortgages has made a series of price reductions on a selection of two and...

ASTL welcomes new associate member

Memery Crystal has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

My Care Consultant: consumers need access to joined-up advice

My Care Consultant (MCC) has published an adviser-facing guide entitled ‘Equity Release and the...

Roma Finance joins Fluent Bridging panel

Fluent Bridging has appointed Roma Finance to its bridging panel. The lender's bridging, development...

Paragon issues green bonds worth £150m

Paragon Banking Group has issued £150 million in Tier 2 Green Bonds. It is the...

Twenty7Tec reaches volume milestone

At 11:47am on Thursday 25 March, Twenty7Tec handled its one millionth mortgage document of...

Octane partners with mortgage tech platform

Octane Capital has teamed up with the mortgage platform provider, Twenty7Tec. Intermediaries can now access...

Clydesdale Bank launches 90% LTV exclusives and cuts other rates

Clydesdale Bank launched new 90% LTV intermediary exclusives and made reductions across our residential...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils 85% LTV products

Newcastle Intermediaries is launching two two-year fixed rate 85% LTV products to support first...

Vida cuts residential rates by up to 95bps

Vida has made a series of price cuts to its residential mortgage products. Reductions apply...

West One buy-to-let available through SimplyBiz Mortgages

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added West One to its panel, so the lender’s buy-to-let proposition...

Aldermore to offer 95% LTV for limited period

Aldermore has reintroduced its 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage offering. The 95% LTV products...

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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