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The Vernon hires North West BDM

The Vernon Building Society has appointed Kevin Baggs as mortgage business development manager (BDM). Baggs...

NatWest buy-to-let changes welcomed

NatWest has made changes in its buy-to-let mortgage proposition and life all restrictions on...

Keystone Property Finance expands distribution

Keystone Property Finance has joined the mortgage panel of two new networks. The specialist buy-to-let...

Skipton International appoints business development manager

Skipton International has appointed Roger Hughes as business development manager (BDM). This new role was...

9% rise in mortgage advances at the Coventry

The Coventry Building Society has reported increased mortgage advances and net lending. The UK’s...

Openwork one of South West’s best companies to work for

Swindon-based Openwork has been ranked as one of the best companies to work for...

14% fall year-on-year in freehold registrations

The latest Price Paid Data from HM Land Registry includes details of more than...

Rightmove sees rise in profit and revenue

Rightmove has reported that its revenues are up 10% year on year, as it...

CRM system offers personalised client portal

The Key’s digital Client Portal is now allowing Mortgage advisers to add their own...

Key expands estate planning team

Equity release broker Key has created three new senior roles within its estate planning department. The team...

The Ipswich cuts 5-year BTL rates and adds later life deal

The Ipswich Building Society has cut the rates and fees on its existing buy-to-let...

LendInvest partners with TBMC

LendInvest has teamed up with buy-to-let mortgage distributor TBMC to offer its loans through...

Fluent for Advisers expands development teams

Fluent for Advisers has appointed two new business development officers (BDOs) to its internal...

Sluggish house price growth continues

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that annual house price growth remained subdued 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

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...

Uinsure secures exclusive Lloyds Bank General Insurance panel deal for advisers

Uinsure has added Lloyds Bank General Insurance to its home insurance panel in an...

Clydesdale cuts selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale Bank is reducing a range of residential product transfer fixed mortgage rates from...

Foundation shows how revised Property Plus criteria unlock Scottish buy-to-let purchase

Foundation has highlighted how enhancements to its Property Plus proposition helped a broker secure...

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