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500 pre-register for Lenderlink sourcing platform

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) has started the roll out its free Lenderlink sourcing tool. Users...

Extend Help to Buy ISA, urges Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society is calling on the government to extend access to the...

VAS Group appoints operations and compliance manager

VAS Group has appointed Hannah Worsley as operations and compliance manager for VAS Audit. Worsley...

Reward Finance Group funds hotel refurb

The 19-bedroom bedroom Fairways Hotel, which overlooks the Bristol Channel in Porthcawl, has undergone...

Average rent now £861

Your Move's Rental Tracker for October found that the South West led the way,...

Self-employed people dissatisfied with mortgage application treatment

A report from The Mortgage Lender has found that 71% of self-employed people feel...

Equity release used to make homes safer and more comfortable

Canada Life has revealed that 50% of its equity release customers used some, or...

Sesame Bankhall Group makes senior management changes

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) that created new roles and made a new appointment to...

Castle Trust hires new business development executive

Castle Trust has recruited Rebecca Mackenzie as a business development executive. Mackenzie, who has more...

Paymentshield unveils interactive GI resource

Paymentshield has published a new interactive video designed to tackle some of the obstacles...

Knowledge Bank unveils Christmas giveaway promotion

Criteria search system Knowledge Bank is to launch the 12 Days of Christmas, a...

“Limited’ effect of Brexit vote on housing market: Hometrack

The latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index has revealed that the impact on...

Accord Mortgages launches new online Growth Series hub

Accord Mortgages has introduced an online resource where mortgage intermediaries are now able to...

Bluestone launches integrated mortgage processing platform with broker

Bluestone Mortgages has partnered with CLS Money, a specialist mortgage and protection brokers. As part...

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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