News

Biggest monthly fall in house prices since April 2020

Halifax has reported that the average UK house price fell by -0.3% in January,...

NatWest cuts new and existing customer rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has introduced a range of rate decreases across its new and...

Roma Finance and Loans Warehouse complete complex auction deal

Roma Finance and Loans Warehouse have partnered to complete a complicated back-to-back auction purchase. Roma...

CSF and MT Finance complete 10-day £1.6m regulated bridge

MT Finance, which recently launched its regulated bridging proposition, has completed its quickest deal...

GlobalX becomes Conveyancing Association affiliate

The Conveyancing Association has announced that GlobalX is the latest organisation to join as...

Majority of ARs want to use another sourcing system

67% of Appointed Representatives (ARs) would use a different sourcing system if their network...

Foundation Home Loans unveils limited company ‘specials’

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a new selection of limited edition, limited company buy-to-let products. The...

Kensington becomes first specialist lender to issue Social Bonds

Kensington Mortgages' latest securitisation, sized at £472 million, is the first labelled Social Bond...

Skipton donates £150k to charities

The Skipton Building Society’s Charitable Foundation has donated £156,833 to good causes over the past...

YTS to improve insights for mortgage lenders

Open Banking specialist, Yolt Technology Services (YTS), has widened the applicability of its Account...

No change from MPC amid GDP fall projection

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted unanimously to...

£15bn rise in amount of property equity for release

Canada Life has revealed that over £600 billion of equity was available for release...

Suros Capital hires high-net worth specialist

Luxury asset backed lender, Suros Capital, has appointed Charles Hodge as business development director. He is...

Fluent Money appoints head of strategic partnerships

Fluent Money Group has announced the appointment of Shane Tibbits as head of strategic...

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....

Latest news

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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