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The Hinckley & Rugby introduces pair of later life mortgages

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched two new residential mortgages for later...

Barclays unveils mortgage rate cuts

Barclays Mortgages has made a series of rate reductions across a number of ranges. It says...

Assetz Capital boosts Yorkshire and Humber presence

Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has appointed David Reed to the position of regional relationship...

Commercial lender invests £75m in first year in the Midlands

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has revealed that it provided £75m worth of asset based...

Secure Trust Bank seeks to end new mortgage lending

Secure Trust Bank has today entered into consultation on a proposal to cease origination...

Scottish Widows Bank unveils new mortgage broker portal

Scottish Widows Bank has unveiled SWB Click, its new online portal for brokers. SWB Click...

John Griffith-Jones to chair StepChange Debt Charity

StepChange Debt Charity has announced that John Griffith-Jones is now chairing the charity, following...

The Newcastle BS welcomes new CFO

The Newcastle Building Society has appointed David Samper as its new chief financial officer. With...

Northern regions enjoy highest percentage rental returns

The latest rental tracker for England and Wales from Your Move has found that...

Shawbrook appoints Daryl Norkett as head of products & markets

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages has promoted Daryl Norkett to the position of head of products...

Gary Bailey joins Hope Capital as managing director

Bridging lender Hope Capital has appointed Gary Bailey as its first managing director. Bailey...

Knowledge Bank makes “permanent” 40% price cut

Knowledge Bank has permanently reduced the cost of subscribing to its criteria search system...

Together appoints head of London intermediaries

Sundeep Patel has joined Together as the specialist lender's head of London intermediaries. He has...

Networks appoint five compliance officers

HLPartnership and Mortgage Support Network have announced the appointment of five new compliance officers...
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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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