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Credit concerns looming over renters

45% of renters surveyed for Aldermore say owning a home is a life goal...

Reward Finance Group expands Manchester team

Reward Finance Group's Manchester team is expanding with the appointment of Christine Daly as...

Coventry for Intermediaries improves BTL affordability 

Coventry for Intermediaries has made changes to its affordability calculations for buy-to-let lending. The lender...

The Mortgage Lender appoints London BDM

The Mortgage Lender has appointed Sarah McCawley as business development manager for Central London. McCawley...

Cost of supporting children through Covid revealed

The latest LV= Wealth and Wellbeing Monitor has found that 50% of parents with children aged...

Enra secures £250m buy-to-let funding line

Enra Specialist has agreed a £250m mortgage forward flow agreement with J.P. Morgan, which...

Help to Buy legal completion date extended

The government has announced that while Help to Buy will end on 31 March...

Hope Capital launches commercial collection

Hope Capital has unveiled its Nineties Collection for commercial property. The collection consists of two...

“Many questions unanswered” by £3.5bn cladding fund

The Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, has announced a £3.5 billion fund to tackle unsafe...

Skipton issues new 90% shared ownership deals

The Skipton Building Society is launching a pair of new 90% shared ownership products. The...

The Bucks BS expands 90% LTV CARE availability 

The Buckinghamshire Building Society's CARE mortgage product, aimed at people working within the emergency...

Reliance Bank added to Twenty7Tec’s APPLY

Twenty7Tec has announced that Reliance Bank has been added to its APPLY module. The move...

Shawbrook Bank expands lending teams

Shawbrook’ property finance division has expanded its underwriting and lending support functions with the appointment...

First 4 Bridging unveils network proposition

Specialist packager, First 4 Bridging (F4B), has launched the F4B Network. The form says its...

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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