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The Source introduces broker-facing CPD content hub

Source Insurance has launched its support mechanism ‘LearningLab’, designed to help brokers meet the...

Landbay named as one of fastest growing UK tech firms

Buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has been named in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 as...

Foundation Home Loans offers new three-year buy-to-let fixes

Foundation Home Loans has launched new three-year fixed rates in its buy-to-let range. The limited-edition...

OMS integrates with Kensington Mortgages

One Mortgage System (OMS) has undertaken a full system integration with Kensington Mortgages to...

Secure Trust Bank enters Right to Buy market

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has unveiled a range of mortgages for tenants using the...

Equity release customers looking to enhance lifestyle

There is a growing shift towards customers using equity release to proactively fund major...

Edinburgh house prices rose by 6.6% in September

Your Move and Acadata has reported that the Scottish housing market is beginning to...

Contents insurance black hole for renters

8.4 million renters in the UK do not have home contents insurance in place, Sainsbury’s...

New regional sales director for Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed John Copping as its regional sales director...

New build completions up 6.4% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that annual housing supply in England amounted...

New buy-to-let products and fees from The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender has made changes to its buy-to-let fees and added new rates to...

Barclays Mortgages revamps product offering

Barclays Mortgages is introducing some new products and making rate reductions across its residential,...

The Monmouthshire reveals divestment of personal insurance business

Thomas Carroll Group has acquired the Monmouthshire Building Society’s personal insurance business. With nearly 50 years’...

Blackpool sees largest property sale rise in 2018

Average property prices in Blackpool are some of the lowest in the UK, but...

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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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,...

Market Harborough reveals £120m Gen H mortgage portfolio acquisition

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

UTB streamlines buy-to-let mortgage process with broker-focused operational changes

United Trust Bank has introduced a series of operational enhancements to its buy-to-let mortgage...

Home insurance price falls slow as market shows signs of turning

Home insurance premiums continued to fall during the second quarter of 2026, but the...

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