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The Bath BS joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced that the Bath Building Society is the...

Together improves bridging loan proposition

Specialist lender Together has revamped its unregulated short-term loan range by removing fees and...

Paradigm’s new CPD & Sales Academy to help with IDD requirements

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched a new CPD & Sales Academy, with the aim...

LV= becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has revealed that LV= has become its newest Ambassador firm. LV=...

Secure Trust Bank expands 90% LTV mortgage availability

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has added 90% LTV products to its core range, with...

Equity release growth driven by product expansion and flexibility

The number of equity release product options available has more than doubled in two...

Newcastle Intermediaries makes buy-to-let rate cuts

Newcastle Intermediaries is reducing its buy-to-let rates by up to 0.64 percentage points. The cuts...

Lendco to use BEP Systems’ origination software

BEP Systems is to provide Lendco with origination software for commercial mortgages, buy-to-let and...

People not spending enough time planning for retirement

People in the UK are spending more time buying a new car or remodelling...

Knowledge Bank users offered overseas mortgage facilities

Brokers using Knowledge Bank now have access to a range of overseas mortgages via Simon...

L&G reveals Not A Red Card awards shortlist

Legal & General has announced the shortlist for its inaugural Not A Red Card...

The Yorkshire relaunches Socktober campaign

Staff members from the Yorkshire Building Society from Edinburgh to Exeter are calling out...

Skipton staff smash Alzheimer’s Society fundraising target

This summer Skipton Building Society colleagues set a target to raise £50,000 for Alzheimer’s...

Accord to maintain welcome box initiative

Accord Mortgages is to continue with its welcome box initiative on behalf of brokers...

COMMENT

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...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Latest news

Together launches lower-rate portfolio lending proposition for larger buy-to-let landlords

Together has introduced a new lower-rate lending proposition for portfolio landlords seeking more than...

InterBay broadens buy-to-let range with new LTV option and lower rates

InterBay has expanded its buy-to-let offering with a new lower loan-to-value option, a dedicated...

Foundation adds new 80% LTV specialist buy-to-let products

Foundation has expanded its specialist buy-to-let range with the launch of new 80% loan-to-value...

Financial services firms sign skills pact ahead of Chancellor’s Mansion House speech

More than 20 financial services organisations have signed a new agreement with government aimed...

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