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Equifinance appoints IT director

Equifinance has appointed William Purdy as is new IT director. Purdy has 25 years experience...

Hope Capital moves into the Eighties

Bridging lender, Hope Capital, has launched the Eighties Collection, consisting of two new bridging loan...

Accord resumes 75% and 80% LTV lending

Accord Mortgages is to return to the 75% and 80% loan to value (LTV)...

Extensive buy-to-let refresh from LendInvest

LendInvest has made a number of changes to its buy-to-let offering, including rate reductions,...

Shawbrook ups maximum property value in AVM criteria

Shawbrook Bank has widened the criteria for its digital valuation service, to allow for...

Bluestone Mortgages appoints product manager

Bluestone Mortgages has appointed Lucky Agbandje to the newly-created position of product manager. He was instrumental...

Ceta Insurance expands landlord panel

Ceta Insurance has added ERGO UK, part of the Munich Re Group, to its...

Latest gender pension gap analysis revealed

Analysis from later life firm Responsible Life has revealed that the average gender pension...

Aspen offers new ‘rapid’ desktop product

Aspen Bridging has reduced its stepped rate to 0.44%, its flat rate to 0.74%...

Smart Money relaunches buy-to-let proposition

Cheshire-based specialist distributor, Smart Money, has unveiled a new offering for introducers. Having previously focussed on...

Lifetime Financial to provide financial education

Hoyland Common Academy Trust (HCAT) has appointed Lifetime Financial to provide financial education and...

The Moving Hub unveils biometric facial ID checks

Conveyancing platform and case management system, The Moving Hub, has added biometric facial ID checks...

Legal & General Insurance partners with Mortgage Intelligence

Legal & General Insurance has been added to Next Intelligence’s panel of preferred insurers. The...

Just Mortgages reveals ambitious growth plans

Just Mortgages has ambitions to double in size over the next three to four...

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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