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Mortgage club unveils second charge referral service

MCI Mortgage Club is now offering its members a secured loan referral service via...

HLPartnership in tech integration with Legal & General

Legal & General has partnered with HLPartnership to simplify access for advisers using the...

Gatehouse Bank joins mortgage club panel

Gatehouse Bank has been added to Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club. The Shariah-compliant finance provider offers...

LiveMore Capital expands network distribution

LiveMore Capital has announced a new panel position with Tenet Network Services. The firm is gradually...

Metro Bank moves into near prime marketplace

Metro Bank has launched near prime residential mortgages, for borrowers who may be struggling...

Paradigm to hold skills workshops

Paradigm has launched two new Essential Skills Workshops focused on key areas of compliance...

Improvement in first-time buyer affordability

The average maximum loan available to first-time buyers recovered in February, according to the...

Pure Retirement expands adviser support

Pure Retirement has introduced new adviser-facing resources, in a move it says is in...

Accord to connect with Iress via new API link

Accord Mortgages is to roll out new API technology throughout 2021. The lender will...

The Ipswich expands holiday let offering

The Ipswich Building Society has launched a new two-year fixed rate, 80% LTV holiday...

The Mansfield launches five-year holiday let

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced a new five-year fixed rate holiday let mortgage,...

LV= paid out £6.5m in Covid claims last year

LV= paid record individual protection claims totalling nearly £118 million during 2020. The insurer...

Equity Release Council creates Funders Forum

The Equity Release Council has launched its Funders Forum, a committee made up of...

Newcastle Intermediaries revamps 80% LTV mortgage offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has made changes to its 80% mortgage range by cutting rates across...

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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