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Falbros head of sales Alex Ewen has welcomed the addition of Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, to the network panel of Commercial Finance Brokers UK (CFBUK). Ewen explained that CFBUK is a whole of market commercial fina…
News - 18 November 2020
With the current stamp duty holiday scheduled to end next March a stampede of buyers desperate to get their purchases underway are continuing to drive demand within the market. That's the assertion made by Alex Ewen, Head of Sales at Falbro…
News - 31 October 2020
Simon Cockerill, head of sales at OneSavings Bank, believes the recruitment of Susan Baillie will prove to be a “invaluable” to the team at Kent Reliance. Kent Reliance, part of the specialist lending and retail savings group OneSavings Ba…
News - 15 March 2018
Landbay chief John Goodall says news that the specialist mortgage marketplace lender has lent a total of £100 million to buy-to-let landlords since it launched in 2014 is "just the beginning". Landbay says it has quickly established itself…
News - 07 March 2018
Matt Andrews, head of mortgages at Masthaven, says he is pleased to be able to expand the options for brokers after it was announced the business was teaming up with Brilliant Solutions. Masthaven's new partnership with Brilliant Solutions…
News - 27 February 2018
The start of March signals the beginning of the so-called "ISA season". So, with that in mind John Goodall, CEO and co-founder of Landbay, offers five reasons why savers should consider the Innovative Finance ISA this ISA season. Savers a…
News - 22 February 2018
Marc Callaghan and Marc Turner have been appointed as strategic account managers at InterBay Commercial as a new sales structure is put in place. InterBay Commercial, part of the specialist lending and retail savings group OneSavings Bank …
News - 08 February 2018
John Goodall, CEO and founder of Landbay, says an uplift in rents has been on the cards for a while and is likely to continue into 2018. He was speaking after it was announced that rents grew across every UK region for the first time in al…
News - 07 February 2018
First-time buyers face having to jump through the "affordability hoops" in the light of he annual rate of house price growth picking up, says Foundation Home Loans chief Jeff Knight. According to the Nationwide house price index, prices gr…
News - 01 February 2018
Customers are more used to perhaps buying a meal deal or a pair of pyjamas from M&S...now they are able to add a mortgage to their shopping list. That's because the retailer has, as expected, gone into the home loans market. Marks and …
News - 26 January 2018
Jeff Knight, marketing director of Foundation Home Loans, says brokers and lenders must work together to ensure of avoiding unnecessarily challenges in light of new regulations. His assertion comes after it was revealed that almost three q…
News - 23 January 2018
Simon Cockerill, head of sales at Kent Reliance, says three recent appointments provide evidence that ensuring positive customer outcomes remain at the centre of everything the business does. Mr Cockerhill made his observation as Kent Reli…
News - 22 January 2018
Landbay chief executive John Goodall says he expects rental price growth to accelerate this year. His observation comes after it was revealed that rents rose by 0.56 per cent last year, that is according to Landbay's latest rental price in…
News - 18 January 2018
Many supercar fans who have placed orders are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the third generation Bentley Continental GT on driveways any time soon. The fact that the high-end vehicle is so popular comes as no surprise to Neil Roberts…
News - 18 January 2018
Rental prices are in danger of soaring over the coming decades, according to John Goodall, CEO and founder of Landbay. He made his observations after it was revealed that rents across the UK actually began to shrink for the first time in o…
News - 14 December 2017
New head of sales at OneSavings Bank Simon Cockerill has revealed he is thrilled to be joining the team at the specialist lending and retail savings group. He was speaking after the appointment was announced by OneSavings Bank for its Kent…
News - 05 December 2017
Get kitted out head to toe, pop in for a meal deal...and pick up a mortgage at the same time! That is the latest option in terms of offerings from Marks & Spencer with the news that it is planning to enter the mortgage market with produ…
News - 20 October 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond is right to consider helping first time buyers who are almost priced out of home ownership, says Falbros.com chief Alex Ewen. The chancellor is said to be considering a cut to stamp duty for first-time buyers amon…
News - 19 October 2017
Around 135,000 low-income pensioners and working-age benefit claimants could face repossession if they get into arrears as a result of changes to mortgage benefits. That's the warning from Royal London after changes to the Support for Mort…
News - 10 October 2017
Craig Underwood, who is the managing director at Optima Legal, has spoken of the company's delight at teaming up with Kent Reliance, the specialist mortgage provider and part of OneSavings Bank. Mr Underwood says the company is relishing t…
News - 10 October 2017
Paul Clampin, Landbay's chief lending officer, says the company has always turned to technology to provide the best and most efficient service to brokers. Mr Clampin was speaking after the specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender partnered wi…
News - 09 October 2017
Ian Wilson, head of Halifax Intermediaries, says he is delighted to oversee the implementation of adapting the company's policy to support the self-employed. He made his comments after Halifax Intermediaries announced that the income infor…
News - 06 October 2017
John Goodhall made his observations after the news that Crossrail 2 may be delayed by a decade -- and in the light of the latest Landbay Rental Index (LRI) showing that tenant demand has spiked since the route was announced in early 2013. …
News - 05 October 2017
Mortgage expert Henry Woodcock believes the majority of people want to speak to an adviser about their arrangement but that lenders are investing heavily in their digital offerings in a bid to streamline the process. His comments come afte…
News - 04 October 2017
EDM Mortgage Support Services managing director Joe Pepper believes that seven-day switching is easily attainable following a survey that suggested 80% of UK consumers would take advantage of the service. More than half of those quizzed (5…
News - 04 October 2017
Ricky Knox, founder of Tandem Bank, believes the help of over 11,000 co-founders has helped shape the business to the point where they have just bought Harrods Bank. Knox has helped oversee the purchase of Harrods Bank, which was founded w…
News - 04 October 2017
Newbury Building Society has highlighted a key service that can benefit customers by splitting mortgages and combine them in a joint borrower, sole proprietor basis. The building society, which recently earned customer satisfaction plaudit…
News - 03 October 2017
Craig Calder, director of mortgages at Barclays, says landlords are placing greater focus on their portfolios after the passing of the secondary deadline of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). The PRA issued its final underwriting s…
News - 03 October 2017
John Goodall, CEO and founder of Landbay, has spoken of his delight that the digital mortgage lender has reported a record month of buy-to-let lending in September. Landbay recorded a total of £6.31million lent across 31 mortgages, and Mr …
News - 02 October 2017
Remortgaging is quickly becoming the dominant activity in the lending market, says John Bagshaw, corporate services director of Connells Survey & Valuation. The proportion of remortgage valuations has risen 3 percentage points year-on-…
News - 29 September 2017
Fraudsters are using the details of firms authorised by the FCA to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised company. That's the warning from the body along with an alert for people to be on the lookout for clone firm…
News - 28 September 2017
Anyone with a mortgage should think about how they can take advantage of Bank of England’s decision to maintain bank rate at 0.25 per cent, says Falbros chief Alex Ewen. Mr Ewen, senior broker at Falbros, made his observation after it was …
News - 14 September 2017
John Eastgate, the sales and marketing director of OneSavings Bank, says he is impressed with the recovery of mortgage approvals from last month’s lows despite the continuing economic uncertainty. Mr Eastgate was speaking as it was reveale…
News - 14 September 2017
Jeff Knight, director of marketing at Foundation Home Loans, admits it’s been a struggle to pin-point any significant progress in the market in the light of new figures from the latest House Price Index. Mr Knight made his observation in t…
News - 13 September 2017
House prices appear to be bouncing back to growth as we move into the latter half of the year, says John Goodall, CEO and co-founder of buy-to-let specialist Landbay. He made his observation in the light of new figures from the latest Hous…
News - 13 September 2017
Brokers have been urged to buff up on upcoming regulatory changes and their implications ahead of a looming deadline, ensuring their clients are ready to comply with the new rules. Adrian Moloney, sales director at OneSavings Bank (OSB), s…
News - 12 September 2017
Adrian Moloney, sales director of OneSavings Bank, believes a shortage of housing supply is upholding property prices, while buyers continue to walk a tightrope to home ownership. Mr Moloney was speaking as new figures revealed that the UK…
News - 12 September 2017
Landlords may look to the outer boroughs to seek more attractive yields in light of new figures that show the issues facing cash-strapped graduates renting in London. That's the view of John Goodall, CEO and founder of Landbay, after he re…
News - 07 September 2017
Adrian Moloney, sales director at OneSavings Bank, has welcomed the new lending criteria for portfolio landlords to help brokers prepare early for the upcoming second phase of PRA changes. From 1st October the specialist lending group, whi…
News - 02 September 2017
Mortgage rates being at record lows are why gross home lending by all providers for July has been estimated at £23 billion, says Landbay chief John Goodall. And accounting for seasonal factors, this figure is above the average lending figu…
News - 01 September 2017
Jeff Knight, Foundation Home Loans marketing director, reckons first-time buyers and re-mortgaging has supported lending levels following a new report from UK Finance revealing consumer borrowing figures. UK Finance data shows that consume…
News - 29 August 2017
Foundation Home Loans MD Jeff Knight believes landlords have had to "batten down the hatches" as rents and portfolios have been hit by political uncertainty. Many landlords have reviewed their portfolio sizes and increased rents in respons…
News - 29 August 2017
OneSavings Bank's John Eastgate believes a number of forces are at play in the housing market after new figures showed the buy-to-let market has grown substantially over the last decade. Figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (now pa…
News - 29 August 2017
John Goodall, CEO of buy-to-let specialist Landbay, believes house price growth has now returned following the release of figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Growth in house prices rose at a slower pace in June, yet remai…
News - 26 August 2017
Masthaven MD Jon Hall says the company are not surprised that the number of homeowners who are moving has fallen this year. His observation comes after recent figures revealed a fall in the proportion of homemovers purchasing properties ove…
News - 26 August 2017
Alex Ewen, head of sales at Falbros, says it is important awareness of second charge loans improves among brokers following new second charge mortgage market figures. The market saw new business increase 33% by value and 22% by volume in J…
News - 25 August 2017
Jeff Knight, director of marketing at Foundation Home Loans, says buyers can continue to take advantage of the current climate following the release of figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Growth in house prices rose at a …
News - 25 August 2017
Jon Sturgess, head of sales at Masthaven, has revealed the company has completed its largest second-charge mortgage. The loan, for £457,885, has been arranged with Intelligent Loans and follows previous business of a similar nature between…
News - 23 August 2017
Falbros mortgage chief Alex Ewen believes homeowners worried about the prospect of going into negative equity will have been delighted to see a second month of house price growth Prices went up by 4.9% in the year to June 2017 – up from 4.…
News - 21 August 2017
Jon Hall, managing director of Masthaven, says the industry can't ignore how customers feel after a report showed half of homeowners believed they couldn't get a mortgage in the current financial climate. According to the report by challen…
News - 21 August 2017