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Precise Mortgages appoints BDM for London and South East

Precise Mortgages has appointed Nick O’Leary as business development manager (BDM) for the London area. He...

Knowledge Bank offers real time MI for lenders

Knowledge Bank has launched Knowledge Insights, which provides lenders with an overview of what...

First fall in financial service demand for five years

The latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey has found that total business volumes in the...

London landlords worse off since Brexit vote in 2016

The latest Landbay Rental Index has found that landlords in the capital are potentially £1,806...

Networks open January workshops to non-members

Mortgage and Protection networks  HLPartnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) are non-members to...

Free registration now open for MBE Leeds

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries...

75% of specialist intermediaries expect sales increase this year

Despite being a time of significant uncertainty for the UK economy, three quarters of...

Paymentshield launches free adviser guide

Paymentshield has introduced a free guide designed to help advisers ask the right questions. The...

End of 2018 sees sharp YOY rise in second charge business

Consumer finance new business grew by 2% in November, compared with the same month...

Openwork makes senior appointment

Openwork has appointed Claire Limon as head of recruitment and development. Limon (pictured) moves to...

Octane Capital to consider acquisition opportunities

Octane Capital has stated that it is prepared to acquire suitable lenders "if the opportunity...

Paradigm offers confidential DA transition workshop

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced that its first free Direct Authorisation (DA) Transition workshop...

Accord improves 95% LTV offering

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates on its high loan to value (LTV) mortgages and...

Zephyr Homeloans joins Complete FS lending panel

Complete FS, has added new buy-to-let lender, Zephyr Homeloans, to its lending panel. Zephyr Homeloans...
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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...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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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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