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The Leeds’ deputy CEO joins Business in the Community advisory board

Richard Fearon, the Leeds Building Society’s deputy chief executive, has been appointed to Business...

National Friendly raises over £10,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Staff at National Friendly have collectively raised over £10,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust,...

Buy to Let Club partners with Zephyr Homeloans

Buy to Let Club has added new buy-to-let lender, Zephyr Homeloans, to its distribution...

Shawbrook gives Broker Partners access to eTech Buy to Let hub 

Shawbrook Bank has announced that its Broker Partners will now have access to the...

Another record year for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance has said that IT was behind it reporting another record year. Throughout...

Foundation Home Loans revises buy-to-let product structure

Foundation Home Loans has revamped its buy-to-let proposition. The revised product structure maintains Foundation Home...

Revisit ‘mortgage prisoners’, advisers urged

Essex based mortgage brokerage CLS Money has told advisers that they should revisit all of their...

Record quarter for equity release market

The Equity Release Council has reported a record fourth quarter of 2018, with 82,791...

Vida Homeloans revamps product offering

Vida Homeloans has announced an overhaul of its product range, which it says is...

Yellow Stone Finance unveils commercial referral service

Yellow Stone Finance has introduced a referral service for intermediaries to place commercial property...

Legal & General launches intermediary competition

Legal & General has unveiled its ‘Hero in the Middle’ competition, which seeks to...

Phoebus reaches £50bn milestone in H2 2018

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has increased its clients' lending and savings balances serviced on...

BFS to sponsor Dragons Den-style property programme

Bridging Finance Solutions is partnering with producers of ‘Property Elevator’, a new Dragons Den...

TSB offers cashback on remortgages

TSB is offering customers the option to receive £300 cashback as an alternative to...

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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HLPartnership sets out leadership transition as Chris Tanner steps back

HLPartnership has announced plans for a leadership transition that will see BetterHome Group chief...

NatWest joins lenders increasing mortgage rates as market uncertainty grows

NatWest has become the latest major lender to announce increases to its fixed mortgage...

Lloyds highlights mortgage support as fixed-rate deals come to an end

Lloyds is reminding homeowners approaching the end of their fixed-rate mortgage deals that a...

Together raises £563m through latest residential mortgage securitisation

Together has completed the pricing of a £562.9 million residential mortgage-backed securitisation, marking its...

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