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Vida has rebranded its later-life proposition as Next Chapter Lending with updated criteria for older first-time buyers, home movers and borrowers with loans stretching into retirement. The changes are designed to give brokers clearer guidance on affordability assessments where a mortgage term extends beyond a customer’s expected retirement age or their 76th birthday, whichever comes…

CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) closed its acquisition of Two Harbors Investment Corp. (TWO), expanding its mortgage servicing reach through the addition of wholly owned subsidiary RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing. The deal pays TWO shareholders $12 per share of common stock, plus a stub dividend of $0.20326 per share. It marks the conclusion of CCM’s contentious bidding war…

Together has successfully priced a £562.9m first charge residential mortgage-backed securitisation (RMBS), known as TABS16, marking its second RMBS transaction of 2026. The deal achieved a weighted average cost of placed notes of 0.94% and a 95% advance rate. Additionally, 90% of the issued notes are expected to receive AAA(sf) ratings from both S&P…

(RTTNews) – Charter Hall Group (CHC.AX), an Australian property investment and funds management company, reported Friday higher profit in fiscal 2026, with growth in total income and Funds under management. Further, the firm lifted dividend, and issued fiscal 2027 outlook, expecting higher operating earnings. In Australia, the shares were losing around 6.9 percent, trading at…

Kushner’s Israel-Hamas Talks Stall, No Breakthrough on Trump’s Gaza Plan Stalled Negotiations and Key Issues in the Israel-Hamas Conflict By Alexander Cornwell Diplomatic Efforts and Recent Meetings JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner left Jerusalem on Monday without a breakthrough after two days of talks with Israeli…

Mumbai: Shares of Tata Group companies with minority stakes in Tata Sons surged Tuesday, bucking the broader market selloff spawned by leaping US bond yields and oil prices, after the central bank last week rejected the request by Tata Sons to surrender its status as a non-bank lender, signalling the conglomerate’s holding company may have…