CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has refreshed its buy-to-let range, which includes an expansion in the number of its products, rate cuts of up to 44 bps, new loan-to-value tiers and increased fee options. The specialist lender said it had expanded its product offering to provide brokers with “more choice than ever before”.
Sylvan Financial Management, an independent firm of chartered financial planners, has launched its own adviser school to train new financial advisers. The firm’s founding directors, Jane Patrick, Adrian Edwards, and Ed Painter, said they created the adviser school in response to increasing demand for high-quality independent advice and a noticeable decline in its availability across the industry.
Legal & General has announced that its retail protection business has now digitised the claims submission process for single and over-50s life insurance policies, enabling third parties to make an online life claim for the death of a loved one. The upgrade has enhanced L&G’s digital claims offering through its new customer-facing claims portal for third party claimants, including beneficiaries, trustees, and estate executors.
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Perenna and the long-term fixed mortgage market
Content editor, Dan McGrath, spoke to head of product, proposition and distribution at Perenna, John Davison, to explore the long-term fixed mortgage market, the role that Perenna plays in this sector and the impact of the recent Autumn Budget
NEW BUILD IN FOCUS - NEW EPISODE OF THE MORTGAGE INSIDER PODCAST, OUT NOW
Figures from the National House-Building Council saw Q1 2025 register a 36% increase in new homes built across the UK compared with the same period last year, representing a striking development for the first-time buyer market. But with the higher cost of building, ongoing planning challenges and new and changing regulations, how sustainable is this growth? And what does it mean for brokers?
The new episode of The Mortgage Insider podcast, out now
Regional housing markets now matter more than ever. While London and the Southeast still tend to dominate the headlines from a house price and affordability perspective, much of the growth in rental yields and buyer demand is coming from other parts of the UK.
In this episode of the Barclays Mortgage Insider Podcast, host Phil Spencer is joined by Lucian Cook, Head of Research at Savills, and Ross Jones, founder of Home Financial and Evolve Commercial Finance.
In this episode of the Barclays Mortgage Insider Podcast, host Phil Spencer is joined by Lucian Cook, Head of Research at Savills, and Ross Jones, founder of Home Financial and Evolve Commercial Finance.
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