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Equity release market could pass £4bn mark in 2018

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that retired homeowners are releasing an average £76,967...

Mark Graves joins HL Partnership and Mortgage Support Network

Mark Graves has been appointed as chief operating officer (COO) of mortgage and protection...

Halifax maintains annual house price growth forecast

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to October were 1.5%...

Persimmon CEO to step down following bonus backlash

Persimmon has revealed that Jeff Fairburn, the housebuilder's group chief executive, is to step...

Bridging lender hails VAS partnership

Aspen Bridging has revealed that it has just completed £50m with VAS Panel valuations...

Canada Life adds flexibility to lifetime mortgage range

Canada Life Home Finance has unveiled Capital Select Options, a new product range which...

The Marsden Building Society issues Family Step guide

The Marsden Building Society have published an intermediary overview of its Family Step mortgage...

Equity release rates on the increase

Latest analysis by Moneyfacts.co.uk has found that over the last three months, over half...

Bluestone Mortgages moves into Scottish market 

Bluestone Mortgages has announced its launch in Scotland. The specialist lender is introducing its full...

Landbay teams up with TMA Club

Landbay has agreed a new partnership with TMA Club, providing brokers and their landlord...

Kensington launches new ‘Brighter Mortgages’

Kensington Mortgages has introduced a new range, called ‘Brighter Mortgages’, for both young professionals...

The Hanley Economic BS moves into RIO mortgage market

The Hanley Economic Building Society has unveiled a range of retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgages. The...

FIBA provides overseas mortgage advice facility to members

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has added overseas property and finance specialist, Simon...

Brokers increasingly focussing on maximum LTVs

Knowledge Bank has revealed that maximum loan to value was in the top five of...
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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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Bank of Ireland expands JBSP mortgage criteria

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has widened its Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage...
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TMG mortgage network founder and CEO Scott Thorpe has pledged to give every member...

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