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MAB takes stake in telephone-based mortgage adviser

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has acquired a 25% stake in The Mortgage Broker Limited,...

Impact Specialist Finance to package for UTB

Impact Specialist Finance has announced a packaging agreement with United Trust Bank (UTB,) which...

Foxtons sees Q1 decline in sales in “very challenging” market

Foxtons Group plc has posted a trading update for the quarter ending 31 March...

Atom bank partners with TruNarrative

TruNarrative has partnered with Atom bank plc, to provide an AML transaction monitoring and...

Funding 365 completes bridging loan in 24 hours

Funding 365 has completed a £450,000 residential investment bridging loan in one day for...

Mint Bridging becomes FIBA member

Mint Bridging has become the latest lender partner of FIBA, the financial intermediary and broker...

More tenancy deposit disputes being resolved before adjudication

Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has revealed that early intervention between landlords and tenants across...

Two new RIO mortgages from the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has added to its Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage range. It...

Retirees need 35% more than full state pension provision

Equity release adviser Key has calculated that the annual cost of being retired mounts...

Coventry for Intermediaries broadens buy-to-let policy

Coventry for Intermediaries has made a number of changes to its buy-to-let proposition. It has...

UTB partners with Barwood Capital to fund barn conversions

United Trust Bank (UTB) and the UK regional real estate specialist, Barwood Capital, have...

Accountants warn stamp duty changes could hit couples

The The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has warned that a proposed increase in...

National Friendly appoints head of risk & compliance

National Friendly has appointed Lisa de-Laune as its new head of risk & compliance. With...

New London office for FJP Investment

FJP Investment, which specialises in the introduction and facilitation of property investments both in...

COMMENT

A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Latest news

Second charge mortgage lending volumes dip for first time in more than a year

New business volumes in the second charge mortgage market fell by 1% in May,...

Building Societies Association signs Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

The Building Societies Association has become the latest organisation to sign the Mortgage Industry...

Sprive urges first-time buyers to plan ahead as Leeds launches 2% deposit mortgage

Sprive has welcomed Leeds Building Society's new 98% loan-to-value mortgage but says borrowers should...

Leeds launches 98% LTV mortgage aimed at widening access for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new 98% loan-to-value mortgage designed to help more...

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