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Paradigm launches festive drive for foodbank charity

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched a ‘Reverse Advent’ charity drive in aid of The Trussell...

Legal & General updates critical illness cover

Legal & General has made changes to its Critical Illness Cover (CIC), to its...

Fluent Mortgages: FCA data reinforces the importance of mortgage brokers

Dan Payne, managing director of Fluent Mortgages, part of The Fluent Money Group, believes...

Boutique property developer secures £4.7m Shawbrook facility

Shawbrook Bank has provided boutique property development company NestEast with a £4.7m development finance...

Just 22% of Southern estate agents are positive about UK economic growth

74% of estate agents in the south regard the economic uncertainty from Brexit as...

Tenancy deposit disputes below 1% for eighth consecutive year

For the eighth consecutive year, less than 1% (0.85%) of all tenancies ended in...

TSB cuts homebuyer and remortgage rates

TSB has reduced interest rates by up to 0.35 percentage points on mortgages for...

FCA launches further consultation ahead of possible ‘no deal’ Brexit

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a further consultation on its approach to...

Openwork urges collaboration to attract more women into financial advice

Openwork is calling on the UK financial services industry to work together to attract...

Knowledge Bank helps Age Partnership to triple non-equity release business

Age Partnership has revealed its has seen a three-fold increase in its residential and...

AIR Group launches full service para-packaging proposition

Answers in Retirement Group (AIR Group) has launched ‘AiR Prestige’, a new, full service,...

Sainsbury’s Bank raises residential fixed rates

Sainsbury's Bank has made a number of changes to its residential product range: Changes are...

L&G unveils lifetime mortgage to bridge retirement income gap

Legal & General has launched a new lifetime mortgage that gives customers more flexibility...

Aldermore introduces Dealer Portal for asset finance dealers

Aldermore has bolstered its asset finance offering with the launch of a new online...
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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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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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Market Harborough reveals £120m Gen H mortgage portfolio acquisition

Market Harborough Building Society has acquired a £120m residential mortgage portfolio from Gen H...

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