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Market Harborough broadens tier two mortgage criteria to boost complex case lending

Market Harborough Building Society has introduced a series of criteria enhancements to its tier...

The lender-broker interview

Roz Cawood (pictured), managing director of Property Finance at StreamBank, sits down with two...

Afin Bank added to Brilliant Solutions panel

Afin Bank has joined the lender panel of Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club and Packaging...

Octopus Capital supports £13m Hampshire care home development

Octopus Capital has agreed a £13.4 million development loan to support the delivery of...

West One eases buy-to-let lending criteria

Specialist lender West One Loans has widened its buy-to-let criteria to support a broader...

Just Mortgages gains access to Gen H’s New Build Boost

Just Mortgages’ specialist new build division has secured access to the New Build Boost...

Keystone unveils new summer HMO deals with 80% LTV

Keystone Property Finance has launched a limited edition range of HMO products with loan-to-value...

Aldermore strengthens real estate team with new appointment for London & SE

Aldermore has appointed Steve Isaacs as business development manager for London and the South-East. Isaacs...

Nearly one-third of developers scaling back projects as they turn to bridging

UK property developers are increasingly leaning on bridging finance to sustain their projects amid...

Fleet Mortgages reduces two-year fixed rates by up to 25bps

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of rate cuts of up to 25 basis...

Arc & Co. doubles lending volumes in year of commercial and development rebound

Specialist debt and equity advisory Arc & Co. has reported a 108% year-on-year rise...

Pepper Money puts broker wellbeing centre stage with mindfulness Retreat

Specialist lender Pepper Money has reaffirmed its commitment to broker wellbeing with a second...

Hilco Real Estate Finance completes £6m refinance of Hythe Imperial Hotel

Hilco Real Estate Finance has provided a £6m facility to GSE Property Group, secured...

Inspired Lending provides £635,000 refinance for Leicester mixed-use scheme

Specialist lender Inspired Lending has provided a £635,000 short-term facility to refinance a newly...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

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...

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Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...

LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...

Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...

Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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