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Aldermore shakes up its residential and buy-to-let criteria

Aldermore has revamped residential and buy-to-let mortgage offerings. It has made the following changes to...

Octane Capital appoints senior structured finance manager

Octane Capital has hired Rick Hollingsworth as its senior structured finance manager. He will report...

New hires at L&G retirement business

Legal & General Retail Retirement has made a number of new hires and promotions...

One-third of SMEs can’t operate without EU imports

A third of the 1.1 million UK SMEs with EU suppliers would be unable...

Purplebricks moves into German market

Purplebricks and Axel Springer have entered into a joint venture, NewCo, initially split 50/50,...

Skipton International improves expat buy-to-let offering

Skipton International is to include the conveyancing fees of both the lender and the...

LendInvest cuts buy-to-let rates and fees

LendInvest has reduced rates and product fees across its buy-to-let product range. The pay rate...

Together unveils its lowest ever second charge deal

Together has launched new lower-rate second charge loans for borrowers with cleaner credit profiles. With...

Foundation Home Loans joins TMA Club panel

TMA Club has added Foundation Home Loans to its panel of lenders. Foundation Home Loans...

Lenders look for clarity on Help to Buy’s future

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is seeking clarity from the government around the future...

Kensington Mortgages improves new build service proposition

Kensington Mortgages has revamped its service promise for all new build mortgage products across...

Cirencester Friendly launches My Earnings Protected

Cirencester Friendly has relaunched its income protection product My Earnings Insurance with key improvements. Now known...

Northern regions are best for young buyers

The latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv found that first-time buyers and others with small...

Retirement investment most popular reason for buy-to-let

Latest research from Your Move has found that nearly half of all landlords in...
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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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LSL Financial Services appoints interim managing director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Piotr Nowosad as interim managing director to lead its...
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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...
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Dudley BS rolls out new mortgage platform to all brokers

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