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‘Jetpack Jingle’ competition unveiled by Paymentshield

Paymentshield is running a Jetpack Jingle competition for advisers, with prizes available every day...

New debt advisory service launches

A new debt advisory firm called Yellow Stone Finance has been set up by...

Foundation Home Loans hires new regional account manager

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its senior sales team with the appointment of Keith...

Together joins MCI Mortgage Club panel

Specialist lender Together’s product range is being made available to more than 400 brokers...

House prices “continue to flatline”

The latest house price index from LSL Property Services and Acadata has found that...

MTF raises £50m in new funding

Short-term property lender MT Finance Limited (MTF) has announced the completion of new senior...

Rebrand for Digital Mortgages by Atom bank

Digital Mortgages by Atom bank will be rebranding in 2019 under the Atom bank...

FCA bans and fines NED

The Financial Conduct authority (FCA) has banned Angela Burns from acting as a non-executive...

Millennials’ capital flight benefiting regional hubs

The latest National Rent Review by buy-to-let lender Landbay has found that rents in the...

Fleet Mortgages introduces new standard and limited company deals

Fleet Mortgages has launched a number of new products across both its standard and...

77% say mental health has affected their performance at work

A Legal & General survey at its second Not A Red Card Forum has...

AToM becomes directly authorised

AToM Express Limited has achieved directly authorised status, using the support and guidance of...

Keystone Property Finance completes first buy-to-let case

Keystone Property Finance has announced that its first mortgage application has completed since its relaunch as...

New holiday let mortgage from the Teachers BS

The Teachers Building Society has launched a new two-year discounted variable rate mortgage specially...

COMMENT

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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Asking prices move further ahead of market values, TwentyCi warns lenders

The gap between sellers' asking prices and independent property valuations has doubled over the...

Home movers back digital property packs as support grows for homebuying reform

Most recent home movers support the use of digital property packs and believe the...

Virgin Money increases fixed mortgage rates across core product range

Virgin Money is increasing fixed mortgage rates across much of its purchase and remortgage...

Olmo adds AI-powered automatic file checking for mortgage brokers

Olmo has launched an AI-powered automatic file checking system designed to help mortgage firms...

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