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TFC partners with The Right Mortgage

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with new mortgage network The Right Mortgage to allow its appointed...

Openwork partners with the Dudley

The Dudley Building Society (DBS) is to become an introducer to Openwork. DBS, which...

New AR firm for Stonebridge

Access Mortgages (Scotland) Ltd is joining Stonebridge Group as an appointed representative (AR). The Glasgow-based firm was...

Barclays joins MCI panel

Barclays has become the latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s panel. Other panel lenders...

Networks can offer the best of both worlds

The network model, and the various variations of it, is constantly in the spotlight...

Pre-MMR confidence returning to broker community

The latest Halifax Intermediaries Broker Confidence Tracker Broker has revealed that confidence in the...

L&G celebrates 20 years of its mortgage club

Legal & General Mortgage Club is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week at the...

Profits up at the Dudley BS

The Dudley Building Society has reported its year end results with a £887,000 pre tax profit,...

TMA to hold DA conference series

TMA is to hold conferences for directly authorised advisers in five different locations around the...

Stonebridge Group secures investment from Shepherd Direct

Stonebridge Group has announced that Shepherd Direct, the national property services group, has acquired...

L&G broadens distribution with Intrinsic network

Legal & General has extended its partnership with the Intrinsic Financial Adviser Network, allowing...

Proc fee hike from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has increased procuration fees for directly authorised intermediaries. The mutual has increased the...

The Hinckley & Rugby unveils BTL exclusive

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced an exclusive buy-to-let offset mortgage through London...

TFC expands Aldermore offering

Specialist packager TFC has added Aldermore to its panel of bridging lenders, expanding its...

COMMENT

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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Musculoskeletal conditions account for growing share of Cirencester Friendly claims

Musculoskeletal conditions made up 44% of all claims paid by Cirencester Friendly in 2025,...

Key urges wider later life lending referrals in response to FCA market study

Key Equity Release has welcomed the FCA’s later life mortgage market study, arguing that...

Mortgage Brain sets out AI governance framework amid data security concerns

Mortgage Brain has launched an AI charter aimed at addressing growing concerns over data...

VAS appoints head of IT and business systems

Valuation panel management firm VAS has appointed Lewis Birdsworth as head of IT and...

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