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Conveyancing Task Force established

A group of organisations involved in conveyancing have formed The Conveyancing Task Force to...

Air Group unveils new distribution channel

Air Group has launched Air Select, a new panel proposition. Air Select will provide a...

Self-employed mortgage affordability still an issue

There is at least one lender available to meet the loan requirements of self-employment...

Bridging lender rebrands and revamps offering

Bridging lender Roma Finance has rebranded and changed its criteria. The lender says it has...

New identity for development finance provider

Hambros Secured Lending has relaunched as Impact Lending, a new business arm in the...

Castle Trust joins PMS and Sesame panels

Castle Trust Bank has been added to the lender panels of PMS Mortgage Club...

Metro Bank revamps higher LTV offering

Metro Bank has made changes to its higher LTV residential products. At 90% LTV, the...

Shawbrook funds healthcare acquisitions

Bespoke Health & Social Care Ltd (BHSC) has acquired two complementary specialist complex healthcare...

Phoebus Software looks to raise £10k for nominated charity

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has chosen its nominated charity for the year ahead. In 2021,...

Aldermore upgrades its product switch functionality

Aldermore has introduced new product switch functionality, with a six-step online process, following an...

Accord improves buy-to-let fees and limits

Accord  has increased its maximum borrowing limit and overall portfolio size for non-first-time landlords. In...

The Right DA Club rebrands and improves compliance offering

The Right DA Club has unveiled a brand refresh with the promotion of a...

Mortgage Brain’s Lendex now open to all advisers

Following a pilot, Mortgage Brain has made Lendex available to all mortgage advisers. Lendex is a the...

Equity Release Associates in customer acquisition drive

Equity Release Associates has begun a major investment in customer acquisition activity to support...

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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