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Over 1,000 people commit to Mortgage Sleep Out

The number of people in the mortgage industry who have pledged to spend the...

The Leeds supports shared ownership stamp duty cut

The Budget’s Stamp Duty cut for shared ownership first time buyers has been welcomed...

BFS director appointed to Institute of Export and International Trade board

Kash Ahmad, Bibby Financial Services' (BFS) specialist director, has been appointed to the board...

Accord adds new fixed rates to buy-to-let proposition

Accord Buy To Let has introduced a number of two and three-year fixed rate...

Mortgage Advice Bureau adopts PreQuo and SolutionBuilder

Mortgage Advice Bureau has selected iPipeline's protection sales support tool, PreQuo and its protection...

Vida pulls second charge pilot

Vida Homeloans has withdrawn its second charge offering. It launched its second charge pilot in...

Keystone Property Finance joins L&G mortgage panel

Keystone Property Finance has joined the mortgage panel of Legal & General, giving members...

Uinsure unveils Direct Apply facility

Uinsure has revised its application process to allow advisers’ clients to apply for a...

BUDGET 2018: landlords hit by lettings relief changes

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced that lettings relief will be limited to properties where...

BUDGET 2018: shared ownership stamp duty cut announced

The government announced in the Budget that stamp duty will be cut for first...

BUDGET 2018: Help to Buy extended

The government announced in yesterday’s Budget that Help to Buy will be extended until...

BUDGET 2018: investment allowance boost for businesses

The Treasury is increasing the Annual Investment Allowance from £200,000 to £1m for two...

BUDGET 2018: self-employed hit with tax changes

The Chancellor’s announced changes to the tax status of self-employed people working for larger...

BUDGET 2018: the speech in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, Today, I present to the House a Budget for Britain’s future; A budget...
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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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