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FCA sees results from pension scam awareness campaign

The number of people seeking information about pension scams has risen sharply since the...

NACFB offers SmartSearch anti-money laundering deal to members

The NACFB has partnered with SmartSearch to provide its members with preferential access to...

BFS provides £634k to repeat development finance customer

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has finalised a short term finance agreement for £634,000 with...

Network hails its largest ever training event

On 29 November, The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held its largest bi-annual National...

The Hinckley & Rugby offers limited company buy-to-let via 3mc

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched buy-to-let mortgages for limited companies, exclusively available...

Atom bank reaches £2bn in lending

Digital Mortgages by Atom bank has reached £2bn in residential mortgage lending, less than...

Aldermore hires mortgage omnichannel head

Aldermore has appointed Jon Cooper as its new head of omnichannel within its retail...

Masthaven Bank partners with Dock9

Masthaven has chosen Dock9 as its digital development partner. The decision follows an initial discovery...

The Mortgage Lender products now on OMS platform

OMS partners with The Mortgage Lender on its specialist lending platform One Mortgage System (OMS)...

RBS triples Roma Finance funding line

Roma Finance has secured a major increase of its funding facility with the Royal Bank...

SMEs still struggling to get adequate finance

Adam Tyler, executive chairman of the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), has stated...

Pepper Money appoints new sales director

Pepper Money has appointed Paul Adams as its sales director. Adams (pictured) joins from Santander...

New Forest tops national park house price poll once again

House prices in UK national parks are on average £121,383 more expensive than similar...

L&G recognised for skills training

Legal & General has won a Princess Royal Training Award (PRTA), recognising its StepForward...

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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LendInvest posts record £1.44bn lending year

LendInvest recorded its strongest ever year for lending in the 12 months to 31...

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...

Six-times salary lending quadruples as lenders loosen affordability

The number of mortgage lenders willing to offer loans worth six times a borrower's...

Buy-to-let lending remains ahead of last year despite slower start to year

Buy-to-let lending increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier,...

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