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42% of finance brokers have no Brexit plans

United Trust Bank’s latest broker sentiment survey has found that 42% of brokers operating...

Free buy-to-let valuations unveiled by TSB

TSB has introduced free standard valuations on all buy-to-let house purchase products. It has also...

Help to Buy approvals continue to grow year-on-year

Official figures published today reveal that over the period since the launch of the...

Octopus Property provides £12.6m loan for Isle of Dogs deal

Octopus Property is to provide residential developer London Green and equity partner Orlandis Capital...

Annual house price growth rises slightly to 1.9%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices increased by 0.3% between October...

New fixed rate cuts from the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reduced rates across its fixed rate range, including two,...

Continued rise in number of new homes being built

The number of homes being built in England continued to rise in the first...

LendInvest provides £19.3m development loan for South West housing scheme

LendInvest, has provided a developer with a £19.3 million loan to fund a large...

Health Assured joins group risk industry body

EAP and wellbeing provider, Health Assured has joined group risk industry body GRiD. GRiD represents...

Middle Eastern expats favour the north of England for buy-to-let

Skipton International has revealed the finding from its annual expat equity report. It found that...

Power in rental market shifting to tenants?

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions increased from...

PRIMIS and PTFS to hold protection workshops

PRIMIS and Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) have begun taking registrations for their series...

Northview Group closes £600m securitisation

November has seen the Northview Group close its ninth securitisation. The transaction was backed by Kensington...

Pepper Money appoints head of products

Pepper Money has recruited Martin Brown to the new position of head of products. He...
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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

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

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