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The Hinckley & Rugby offers mortgages for medics

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced bespoke mortgages with enhanced criteria for...

Clever Lending becomes Shawbrook strategic partner

Lincolnshire based brokerage Clever Lending has become the latest strategic partner for Shawbrook Bank. Sonny...

Gatehouse Bank unveils its first homebuyer product

Gatehouse Bank has launched its first product for homebuyers after securing regulatory approval. The Shariah-compliant...

25% of millennials say partner choice was influenced by desire to buy a home

Online mortgage broker Trussle has found that 11% of home owners admit that their...

Edinburgh FTBs least likely to ask for parental help

First-time buyers in Plymouth are most likely to ask their parents to help pay...

Average rental growth around Crossrail stations rockets

New research from Landbay has found that average rental growth around the stations of...

Another short-term loan TV ad banned

A TV ad for short-term loans company Oakam Loans, has been banned by the...

Mortgage Sleep Out breaks £100k barrier

The Mortgage Sleep Out has raised more than £100,000 for its charity partner, End...

Secure Trust Bank joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added specialist residential mortgage lender, Secure Trust Bank, to its...

Accord to pay buy-to-let retention proc fee

Accord Buy To Let is now accepting product transfer requests from brokers and will...

New two-year discount deals from the Stafford Railway BS

The Stafford Railway Building Society has launched a range of two-year discount mortgage products...

The Marsden provides clarity over RIO mortgages

The Marsden Building Society has issued guidance over what Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgages mean...

Record month for Glenhawk

Glenhawk originated £9.28 million of loans during November, a record month for the business. 11 loans...

Importance of parental property wealth revealed

A new report published by the Resolution Foundation has concluded that young people whose...
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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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LendInvest posts record £1.44bn lending year

LendInvest recorded its strongest ever year for lending in the 12 months to 31...
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Fleet Mortgages broadens buy-to-let criteria for foreign nationals and limited companies

Fleet Mortgages has widened its lending criteria for buy-to-let borrowers, introducing greater flexibility for...
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Six-times salary lending quadruples as lenders loosen affordability

The number of mortgage lenders willing to offer loans worth six times a borrower's...
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Buy-to-let lending remains ahead of last year despite slower start to year

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