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Atom plans first securitisation

Atom bank has completed pricing this week on its first residential mortgage-backed securitisation, Elvet...

The Newcastle unveils cash Lifetime ISA

Newcastle Building Society has launched a cash Lifetime ISA at a variable rate of...

Complete FS offers the Tipton & Coseley’s RIO product

Complete FS has added the Tipton & Coseley Building Society’s RIO product to its...

NatWest improves buy-to-let proposition

NatWest had made changes to its buy-to-let calculator and wider offering for landlords. It has...

Lloyds’ results in line with expectations

Lloyds Banking Group has reported, for the first nine months of 2018. statutory profit...

Brightstar launches interest-only & later life lending guide

Brightstar Financial has published a guide to interest-only mortgages and later life lending to...

Signature supports local Mind

Short-term property finance firm Signature Private Finance recently presented a cheque for £6,630.65 to...

Sharp rise in number of lenders offering limited company BTL

The number of buy-to-let lenders lending to limited companies has increased by 47% over...

Bluestone Mortgages extends Help to Buy range to Wales

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the extension of its Help to Buy range in Wales. Last...

Mortgage approvals at seven-month low

UK Finance has revealed that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in September...

Record proportion of landlords made a profit in Q3

BM Solutions has reported that 88% of landlords have made a profit in in...

Newcastle Intermediaries broadens interest-only offering

Newcastle Intermediaries is expanding its interest-only offer to its range of residential mortgages, including...

3mc offers Pepper exclusives

3mc has unveiled new packager exclusives from Pepper Money and now also has an...

New academic year keeps rental market ticking over

Only one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to...

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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Bank of Ireland expands JBSP mortgage criteria

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has widened its Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage...

Try Financial links with The Insurance Surgery to support complex protection cases

Try Financial has formed a partnership with specialist protection adviser The Insurance Surgery to...

VouchedFor unveils enhanced membership as advisers adapt to AI-led search

VouchedFor has launched Verified+, a new membership tier aimed at helping financial advisers improve...

TMG boss promises Bank Holiday Monday if England reach World Cup final

TMG mortgage network founder and CEO Scott Thorpe has pledged to give every member...

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