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Roma funds multiple unit mixed use purchase

Roma Finance has deliver the funding needed for the purchase of a multiple unit mixed...

Mortgages for Business completes first buy-to-let deal for Zephyr Homeloans

Mortgages for Business has brokered the first buy-to-let mortgage to complete with new lender...

Pair of directorial appointments for AIR Group

Answers in Retirement Group (AIR Group) has announced the recruitment of two senior appointments. During...

The Nottingham hikes 95% LTV maximum borrowing limit to £500k

The Nottingham Building Society has increased its maximum loan size from £275,000 to £500,000...

CA responds to leasehold enfranchisement reform consultation

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has issued its response to the Law Commission’s leasehold enfranchisement...

West One’s loan revamp expands ERC-free offering

West One Loans has made a series of changes to its range of second...

‘Maximum borrowing’ was top Knowledge Bank criterion search in December

Knowledge Bank has revealed the top five, most searched criteria by brokers during December...

Commercial Trust improved online BTL comparison table

Commercial Trust has unveiled its enhanced buy-to-let comparison table for customers, adding a number...

TSB teams up with the Met to tackle fraud

TSB has embarked upon a new £200,000 partnership with the Metropolitan Police to improve...

New BDM in Shawbrook’s residential mortgages team

Fran Green is joining Shawbrook’s Residential Mortgages' sales team as a business development manager...

Kuflink Bridging hires new underwriter

Kuflink Bridging has announced an appointment in its lending team with the addition of...

Bluestone launches Open Banking pilot

Bluestone Mortgages has launched the pilot phase of its Open Banking solution. It claims to...

Brexit putting off majority of prospective first-time buyers

55% of aspiring first-time buyers with a deposit in place are holding off on...

L&G Mortgage Club offers new Melton BS shared ownership exclusive

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced an updated shared ownership exclusive from the...
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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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