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Knowledge Bank reports changing criteria search picture

February broker criteria searches conducted using Knowledge Bank show that interest from new investors...

Bridging lender completes MBO

MT Finance has announces the completion of a management buy-out (MBO). The deal puts 100%...

New 85% LTV residential deals from Accord

Accord Mortgages has introduced a pair of new residential mortgages at 85% loan to...

UTB appoints development finance quintet

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made five appointments to its development finance team. The lender...

TMA partners with Mortgage Broker Tools

TMA Club has added Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) to its panel of technology platforms. The...

Uinsure unveils new branding and technology platform

Uinsure has refreshed its branding for the first time since its creation 14 years...

West One restarts 85% LTV second charge lending

West One has made changes to its second charge mortgage range including the return...

LV= improves lifetime mortgage flexible repayment option

LV= is making changes to the flexible repayment option available across its Drawdown+ and...

Sirius appoints senior associate for hospitality and care

Sirius Property Finance has added to its hospitality and care home team with the...

New lender member for ASTL

Acre Lane Capital has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). Acre Lane...

Mortgage advice app moves into beta stage

Moneybox Mortgage Advice has been beta launched by saving and investing app Moneybox. Moneybox Mortgage...

RICS looks to unlock market for flat-owners

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has announced a change in valuation guidance...

Huge gulf in gender pension equity highlighted

Scottish Widows has warned on International Women’s Day that young female savers are set...

TSB’s Fix and Flex gets three-year option

TSB has launched a three-year option to its Fix and Flex range, adding to...

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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