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Vida extends foreign national criteria across buy-to-let range

Vida Homeloans has widened its foreign national lending criteria across its entire buy-to-let range,...

Chetwood Bank hires Simon Parish as south east business development manager

Chetwood Bank has appointed Simon Parish as business development manager for the South East,...

Together grows loan book to £8.1bn as quarterly profits rise

Together Financial Services Limited has reported further loan book growth and a rise in...

OSB Group appoints BDM for the South West and South Wales

OSB Group has appointed John Hoole as business development manager to support brokers across...

Hope Capital promotes Cowan to CFOO role

Hope Capital Property Finance has promoted Kate Cowan to chief financial and operating officer...

Loan.co.uk hires Michelle Westley to drive intermediary growth

Loan.co.uk has appointed Michelle Westley as head of partnership marketing as the specialist lender...

Central Trust launches new range with rates from 6.69%

Central Trust has launched a new Premier product range, with second charge rates starting...

The Right Mortgage introduces in-house packager service for complex cases

The Right Mortgage has launched The Right Packager, a new service available to advisory...

Together unveils specialist intermediary team to handle £1m+ cases

Together has launched a new dedicated larger loans unit aimed at supporting brokers with...

Brightstar Group marks 15 years with £10bn in specialist lending and plans for 20% annual growth

Brightstar Group has marked its 15th year of trading by reporting more than £10bn...

Foundation trims specialist buy-to-let rates and broadens product range

Foundation has reduced pricing across much of its specialist buy-to-let range and introduced a...

Hampshire Trust Bank bolsters Midlands broker coverage with new hire

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Mike Sharp as business development manager for the...

First-time buyers ‘closer than they think’ to owning a home

Most wannabe first-time buyers may be far closer to homeownership than they realise according...

UTB promotes Rebwar Abdoullahi to bridging and buy-to-let sales role

United Trust Bank has promoted Rebwar Abdoullahi to business development manager within its bridging...

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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Latest news

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 11bps

HSBC UK has reduced rates across its mortgage range, with cuts of up to...

Ampla Finance unveils Untangled rebrand as it broadens specialist lending ambitions

Specialist lender Ampla Finance has launched a new brand identity, Untangled, as it looks...

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