Mortgage

LendInvest partners with BNP Paribas to help fund short-term mortgages

BNP Paribas has joined LendInvest’s £300m financing syndicate, alongside HSBC and Barclays Bank. This syndicate will be used to fund...

Landlord understanding of EPC requirements improving

A majority (80%) of landlords have already carried out some remedial works to properties in response to the new energy...

Platform relaunches 95% LTV mortgage range

Platform is relaunching its range of 95% LTV mortgages which will be available on a two, three or five-year fixed...

Melton BS partners Vibrant on free EPC reports for resi, BTL loans  

Melton Building Society has partnered with property services firm Vibrant to offer free energy performance certificate-plus surveys on all of...

FCA issues warning on Consumer Duty deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority has warned firms not to ignore the impending Consumer Duty 31 July deadline. The duty, which...

Accord Mortgages lowers income to borrow over 4.5 times salary  

Accord Mortgages has lowered its minimum income requirement for those borrowing more than 4.49 times their salary, to £60,000 from...

Selina Finance launches new referrals service

Selina Finance is introducing a new referrals service alongside a range of new ‘near-miss’ referral policy areas for brokers. As...

MPowered Mortgages loosens resi criteria range  

MPowered Mortgages has loosened its criteria in a move it says will help more buyers and remortgagers secure loans and...

Day in the Life of… James Cooper-Smith, underwriting team lead and credit manager, Landbay 

Illustration by Dan MurrellMy alarm goes off at… …6.10am two days a week and 7.15am three days a week. As...

Frustration as renters’ rights bill delayed again

The long-awaited legislation to improve renters’ rights, due to be published this week has been delayed – again. It is...

Twenty7tec launches digital marketing platform  

Twenty7tec has launched a digital marketing platform for mortgage, wealth and protection advisers. The property tech firm says its COMMUNICATE...

Fleet Mortgages cuts 2-year BTL rates across range by 20bps  

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates across its two-year fixed-rate loans by 20 basis points — and launched a seven-year fix...