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The Teachers’ criteria changes include income type expansion

The Teachers Building Society has updated and clarified its lending criteria. The move is designed...

Sizeable number of landlords put off by default three-year tenancies

32% of landlords say they would be less likely to buy new rental property if...

Most affordable London boroughs for new graduates revealed

Landbasy has reported that graduates moving to London for their first job after university...

Vida Homeloans launches north of the border

Vida Homeloans' range of specialist products are now available to those purchasing or remortgaging...

Accord unveils tax guide for landlord clients

Accord Buy to Let has produced a guide as part of its free Growth...

Paymentshield unveils home insurance quick quote tool

Paymentshield has launched a Quick Quote tool for advisers. Quick Quote, which is now available...

Masthaven residential mortgages added to PMS and Sesame panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network, part of SBG, have added specialist lender Masthaven’s...

Capify celebrates 10th anniversary

Alternative SME finance provider Capify has helped almost 10,000 UK SMEs is targeting £125...

Millennials trading lower retirement income for home ownership dream

New research from Prudential has found that millennials are chasing the home ownership dream...

Tuscan Capital expands short-term product offering

Tuscan Capital has expanded its range of short-term property funding solutions with the addition...

HNW Lending unveils equity release product

HNW Lending has launched an equity release product for clients who want to release...

New bridging lender enters the market

Interbridge Loans has unveiled a range of non-regulated bridging products for the residential and...

Complete FS remortgages £21.6m buy-to-let portfolio

Complete FS has announced the completion of its biggest buy-to-let case, with the remortgage...

Front Events’ chairman Malone to step down

Front Events, the events company behind the Financial Services Expo (FSE) shows, has announced that...

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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