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LendInvest sees record December for loan originations

LendInvest lent £83 million to professional property investors, developers and landlords in December 2018,...

House prices fell 0.7% in December: Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society's latest house price index shows that house price growth slowed...

Bowe and Gadhia join FPC

Dame Colette Bowe and Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia have been appointed as external members of...

The Leeds’ foundation donated over £125k last year

GLeeds Building Society Foundation donated £126,353 to charities around the UK during 2018. The funds...

Vintage Corporate joins GRiD

Employee benefits consultancy Vintage Corporate Ltd has become the latest business to join GRiD,...

VitalityInvest appoints deputy CEO

Justin Taurog, VitalityLife’s managing director of sales and distribution, has been appointed as deputy...

Most affordable commuter towns for London revealed

Online mortgage broker Trussle has published a list of what it claims to be...

“Irresponsible” short-term loan mailing banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a direct mailing from Provident Financial. The mailing,...

Connect for Intermediaries begins packaging for Zephyr and Fleet

Connect for Intermediaries has become one of the first distributors to package for Zephyr,...

UK SMEs favour millennials for recruitment

50% of the bosses of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK -...

Mortgage borrowing “remains steady”

UK Finance has reported that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in November...

Kensington Mortgages unveils new 75% LTV rates

Kensington Mortgages has launched new special rates across its 75% loan to value (LTV)...

Brand revamp for Equity Release Supermarket

Independent equity release broker Equity Release Supermarket has launched a new website and revealed...

Halifax expects stronger house price growth in 2019

Halifax has said that the housing market performed in line with its expectations over...
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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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