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Advice “vital” in transforming equity release market

Equity release referral service Key Partnerships, has said that with the number of equity...

Hope Capital introduces new fixed fee loan

Hope Capital is offering a fixed fee bridging loan. The fixed fee loan is available up...

Masthaven celebrates reaching milestone

Masthaven has revealed that it has generated £0.5 billion in assets driven by the...

New Pure Retirement range aims to open up later life lending

Pure Retirement has launched a new product suite called the Sovereign range. Sovereign aims to...

Kuflink opens office in London

Kuflink has opened an office in the capital. The move follows a quarter which has...

Large majority of bridging brokers saw Q3 volume rise

MTF's latest Broker Sentiment Survey has revealed that demand for bridging finance grew in...

Accord cuts documentation requirements for buy-to-let

Accord Buy To Let will no longer request personal bank statements or proof of...

CSF offering new Shawbrook Refurb-to-Let semi-exclusive

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has joined up with Shawbrook Bank to launch the lender’s...

The Mortgage Lender unveils new residential range

The Mortgage Lender has revamped its residential product range with higher LTVs, more targeted...

Pepper Money cuts two-year fixed rates

Pepper Money has cut the price on seven of its two-year fixed rate residential...

Complete FS expands onsite underwriting capability

Complete FS has announced that Magellan Homeloans and Vida Homeloans are joining its growing...

Connect for Intermediaries unveils unsecured lending panel

Connect for Intermediaries has introduced a new unsecured lending panel for business loans. The panel...

Average house sale value is £114k more than its rebuild cost

New analysis from Direct Line SELECT Premier Insurance has shown there is a large...

Northern property market boosts Bridging Finance Solutions’ turnover

Bridging Finance Solutions has reported a 25% increase in turnover compared to the same...

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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LSL Financial Services appoints interim managing director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Piotr Nowosad as interim managing director to lead its...

Mortgage demand slows in second quarter as higher rates hit affordability

Higher borrowing costs weighed on mortgage demand during the second quarter, although Stonebridge says...

Omni Protect becomes first service provider to adopt Beagle Street intermediary proposition

Omni Protect has become the first service provider for directly authorised firms to offer...

Dudley BS rolls out new mortgage platform to all brokers

Dudley Building Society has completed the rollout of its new mortgage origination platform to...

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