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Secure Trust Bank supports tech company acquisition

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided a £2.15m funding package to NJ Russel...

New BDMs at NatWest Intermediary Solutions

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs). Rhys Powell joins as...

FSE Midlands: FSA final report not expected until Spring

The mortgage industry should not expect the FCA’s Mortgages Market Study Final Report and...

FSE Midlands: don’t hang yourself with RIO rope

Retirement Interest-Only (RIO) products have been described as a ‘real opportunity’ for advisers seeking...

FSE Midlands: government urged to deliver ‘care freedoms’

Stuart Wilson of the Later Life Academy (LLA) told an industry audience yesterday that...

FSE Midlands: landlords needs adviser help over HMO licensing changes

Advisers have been urged to help those landlords who may be receiving letters from...

FSE Midlands: 2018 has been product transfer year

2018 has been dubbed ‘the year of the product transfer’ by participants in ‘The...

MPC maintains Bank Rate at 0.75%

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted unanimously to maintain the...

New chair for Kensington Mortgages

Jayne Almond is to succeed Tim Breedon as chair of Kensington Mortgages. In additional, she will...

No maximum age for Hinckley & Rugby mortgages

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has removed any maximum age limit for the...

The Stafford Railway joins TMA’s lender panel

TMA Club has welcomed the Stafford Railway Building Society to its lender panel. TMA’s members...

Together salvages renovation with short-term loan

Together has saved a renovation project after completing a £135,800 short-term loan in five...

Spicerhaart Part Exchange wins Kier Living contract in South Wales

Housing developer Kier Living has appointed Spicerhaart Part Exchange & Assisted Move for its first...

Legal & General Mortgage Club appoints key relationship manager

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced that Clare Beardmore is joining from the...
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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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