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Top 10 most read mortgage broker stories this week – 23/04/2021

This week’s news was dominated by lender criteria changes such as Nationwide accepting additional income and increasing income multiples to 5.5 for first-time buyers.
Santander’s new self-employed mortgage calculator was also of interest, as was the news that house prices were beginning to decline before the stamp duty holiday deadline.
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Nationwide opens door to bonus, overtime and commission income
Unregulated adviser and accountant charged over fraudulent mortgage applications worth £3.8m
FCA announces £10m fee for networks to tackle AR oversight failures
Big banks say no plans to discount 20/21 for self-employed; NatWest policy under review
Santander launching self-employed mortgage calculator as brokers call for more banks to follow