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Pandemic property hotspots revealed

The UK’s pandemic property hotspot, according to Land Registry data analysed by Andrews Property...

Accord cuts higher LTV rates

Accord Mortgages is cutting a number of rates across its 85% and 90% loan...

Countrywide Surveying Services launches energy efficiency report

Countrywide Surveying Services has launched EnergyFact, a report designed to help homeowners assess the energy...

Allica Bank bolsters business finance teams

Allica Bank has made four appointments to its team to boost its operational capacity...

SimplyBiz unveils Specialist Property Finance Club with FIBA

Mortgage club, SimplyBiz Mortgages, has teamed up with the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA)...

Small fall in annual average house price growth

The Office for National Statistics has reported that UK average house prices rose by...

OneFamily doubles size of advice team

OneFamily is to expand its equity release advice proposition, with a doubling of its...

Over-55s’ unsecured debt a growing problem

Unsecured debt is a major issue for older homeowners, according to new data analysis...

MBT reveals top residential lenders for affordability

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has used the two million searches processed through the MBT Affordability...

ASTL and FIBA team up for joint event

Trade bodies, the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) and the Financial Intermediary & Broker...

Meridian Mortgages to acquire Metro Finance with MAB support

Meridian Mortgages has acquired specialist shared ownership broker firm, Metro Finance. The strategic acquisition sees...

Landbay introduces high-rise BTL and trading company lending

Landbay has launched a range of buy-to-let products for trading limited companies purchasing or...

TSB to offer 95% LTV mortgages next month 

TSB Bank has become to the latest lender to signal a 95% loan to...

The Leeds tweaks buy-to-let ICR

The Leeds Building Society has stated that landlords who are basic rate taxpayers will...

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....

Latest news

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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