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Legal & General Home Finance to hold four more CII-led equity release workshops

Legal & General Home Finance will offer four additional CII-led workshops for mortgage brokers. The...

M&S Bank claims faster applications from open banking

M&S Bank has enabled open banking assisted mortgage applications. Most customers will no longer need...

MT Finance recruits new BDM

MT Finance has appointed Jamie Gillespie as business development manager (BDM) for the Midlands...

The Hanley Economic BS launches no-fee shared ownership fix

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a no-fee two-year shared ownership fixed rate...

Richard Howells appointed Sesame managing director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced the appointment of Richard Howells as managing director...

Sharp rise in rents in January

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased in...

Shawbrook refinances nine HMOs in £3.35m deal

Shawbrook Bank and the newest addition to its Strategic Partner panel, Sirius Property Finance,...

The Hinckley & Rugby grows mortgage book

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reported mortgage advances of £183m for 2018,...

Paymentshield improves lettings proposition

Paymentshield has introduced a new tenants contents insurance product. The new product has been designed...

FCA issues plea to unauthorised land banking scheme victims

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking people who invested in unauthorised collective investment...

The Saffron introduces ‘enhanced affordability’ calculator

The Saffron Building Society has unveiled a new affordability calculator designed to help brokers...

Landbay joins MCI Club panel

Landbay is partnering with The Mortgage Compliance & Insurance Club, to provide brokers and...

Millennials not sold on benefits of income protection

74% of IFAs surveyed by Royal London think younger consumers are not addressing their...

SortRefer unveils equity release legal product

SortRefer has launched an equity release legal service for advisers and their customers. The product...

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...

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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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