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TMA Club partners with the Vernon BS

TMA Club has entered into a partnership with Vernon Building Society, whereby Directly Authorised (DA)...

Lenders & housing associations: shared ownership set for growth

Shared ownership is growing but it does not have enough consumer awareness and understanding,...

Significant rise in gifting by mortgage customers aged 50+

Mortgage lender Hodge has reported that, between 2019 and 2021, there was a 30%...

Knowledge Bank adds Proportunity criteria to platform

Shared equity loan provider, Proportunity, has joined forces with Knowledge Bank to make its...

Just Mortgages to hold affordable housing event

Just Mortgages' new build division's inaugural New Build and Affordable Housing Event will take...

Spring Statement ignores affordable housing crisis

A former residential chairman of RICS has criticised the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's lack of...

MBT adds second charge equity loan provider to platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its MBT Affordability research platform with Even, a...

Vernon BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Vernon Building Society to its lender panel launching to...

Londoners unhappy with lack of affordable housing

Londoners are the most dissatisfied in the country when it comes to the housing...

2021 first-time buyers numbers up 98% on 2020

The number of first time buyers has doubled over the past year, with 2021...

Just Mortgages to host shared ownership event

Just Mortgages is hosting its first annual New Build and Affordable Housing Event on...

It’s too soon to knock guarantee scheme re-introduction

Last month we had the first government data through regarding its guarantee scheme and...

Interest rate rises threatening renters’ hopes of buying

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that 28% of those renting feel increases to the...

More people considering new builds than before

26% of homeowners are more likely to consider purchasing a new-build property compared to...

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The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

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Later life lending must become ‘mainstream priority’, following FCA reform speech

Will Hale, chief executive of Key Advice & Air, has urged the mortgage industry...

FRP expands with acquisition of Arc & Co

FRP has strengthened its presence in the real-estate finance market with the acquisition of...

Metro Bank cuts rates and returns to 80% buy-to-let lending

Metro Bank has made further cuts across its residential, near-prime and buy-to-let product ranges,...

Conveybuddy appoints new business development executive

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has appointed Connor Nixon as its new business development executive, strengthening...

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