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Castle Trust recruits new BDM for the north of England

Castle Trust has appointed Charissa Chang as a business development manager (BDM) for the...

Prestige Finance unveils 3.69% secured loan

Prestige Finance has made cuts across its entire Prime product range and is offering...

Largemortgageloans.com partners with 360 Dot Net

Largemortgageloans.com has successfully deployed the full 360 Lifecycle software solution with FactFind, integrated sourcing,...

Magellan Homeloans moves into Help to Buy

Magellan Homeloans has announced its entry into the Help to Buy sector. The specialist lender...

Kent Reliance ups broker proc fee for product transfers

Kent Reliance, part of specialist mortgage provider and retail savings group OneSavings Bank plc,...

F4B restructures as sales director leaves

Finance 4 Business (F4B) has announced a restructuring of its leadership team and the...

Paula Purdy joins Octopus Property as BDM

Octopus Property has appointed Paula Purdy as business development manager (BDM) for the north...

Key Partnerships appoints national account manager

Key Partnerships has recruited Kay Westgarth to the position of national account manager. Most recently, Westgarth...

The Nationwide partners with homelessness charity

The Nationwide Building Society is launching a partnership with homelessness charity St Mungo’s aimed...

SVR mortgages more costly for landlords than at start of 2018

Landlords on standard variable buy-to-let rates are paying typically £27 more per month for...

Adviser raises nearly £500 for Alzheimer’s research

Hannah Clegg, a mortgage adviser at Mortgage Advice Bureau in Swindon, raised £470 for the...

BFS provides £5m facility to meat wholesaler

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £5m invoice finance facility to Nigel Fredericks...

AMI expresses concern over new FCA directory

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has responded to the FCA consultation on a...

TMA Club adds the Darlington to lender panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of the Darlington Building Society to its its...

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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