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LendInvest forms Open Banking partnership with Credit Kudos

LendInvest and Credit Kudos have joined forces to offer brokers and customers a "seamless,...

Brightstar reaches Trustpilot milestone

The Brightstar Group has now achieved over 2,000 reviews on Trustpilot, across its Brightstar...

41% of lenders taking ‘wait and see’ approach to Open Banking

Despite nearly three million British consumers using open banking services and the recent news...

Halifax Intermediaries now part of of APPLY module

Twenty7Tec has announced that Halifax Intermediaries has been added to its APPLY module, following...

Top buy-to-let lenders for affordability revealed

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has revealed who the top five buy-to-let lenders for affordability are,...

Shawbrook provides offer in 48 hours using new BTL platform

Shawbrook Bank has used its new buy-to-let platform to provide a formal mortgage offer...

Twenty7Tec reaches volume milestone

At 11:47am on Thursday 25 March, Twenty7Tec handled its one millionth mortgage document of...

Octane partners with mortgage tech platform

Octane Capital has teamed up with the mortgage platform provider, Twenty7Tec. Intermediaries can now access...

Over 4,000 ‘webcasts’ held with Accord over past week

A year after launching in response to the lockdown, Accord Mortgages has reported its...

F4B Network integrates OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been integrated across its proposition by the F4B Network. This...

‘Furlough-friendly’ mortgages top criteria searches

Legal & General has reported that mortgage brokers were sourcing furlough-friendly mortgages more than...

Robotic automation speeding up more2life’s servicing

Lifetime mortgage provider, more2life, has reported the results of its partnership with Robiquity, specialists...

MPowered Mortgages launches into buy-to-let market

MQube has launched MPowered, a platform it says it has developed two better serve mortgage...

Large difference between BTL and residential affordability

Mortgage Broker Tools has reported that the spread between the average maximum and minimum...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Mortgage brokers bullish on rate cuts

More than half of mortgage brokers (52%) say they expect at least two cuts...

Former Nikko chief warns CGT on homes would punish owners

A leading City figure has warned that imposing capital gains tax (CGT) on primary...

The Swansea renews sponsorship of Swansea RFC for 2025/26

Swansea Building Society has renewed its sponsorship of Swansea RFC for the 2025/26 season,...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let offerings

HSBC UK has announced a wide set of rate reductions across its residential and...