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Advise Wise adds extra underwriting questions

Advise Wise has added free optional underwriting questions to its platform in a move...

New five-year holiday let mortgages from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has launched new holiday let products, following an increase in...

Shawbrook releases second charge podcast

The fourth episode of Shawbrook Bank has made available the fourth episode of its ‘A...

Paradigm bolsters CPD test zone

Paradigm has added new test modules to its CPD Academy Test Zone. The Test Zone...

Financial Adviser Event to hold ‘Covid-safe’ events in September

Financial Adviser Event (FAE) has two events in London and Manchester, scheduled to take...

Knowledge Bank adds new cladding categories

Knowledge Bank has introduced new criteria categories including one to support brokers to find...

Legal & General Mortgage Club expands lender panel

Molo Finance has joined Legal & General Mortgage Club’s lending panel. Molo Finance...

NatWest makes broad sweep of mortgage rate changes

NatWest is making a series of rates cuts within its new and existing customer product...

Skipton to launch new mortgages for government help schemes

The Skipton Building Society is launching a series of products linked to Government help...

Shawbrook funds non-standard construction case

Shawbrook Bank has completed a deal on a property made using non-standard materials, after...

Housing market remained resilient in January

The Bank of England has reported that individuals borrowed an additional £5.2 billion secured...

The Leeds extends arrears fee moratorium

The Leeds Building Society is extending its suspension of arrears fees until the end...

Brokers offered free training sessions on new survey standard

Arnold & Baldwin is offering free one-to-one Zoom training sessions with mortgage brokers to...

Bluestone Mortgages makes four key appointments

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a number of new appointments. Jack Warner has been promoted 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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