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Glenhawk unveils no legal or survey fee incentive

Newly launched lender Glenhawk has announced that for the next three months it will...

Kuflink appoints chief marketing officer

Kuflink has appointed Ed Hounsell to the position of chief marketing officer. His career started...

MortgageGym completes £3.8m funding round

Mortgage robo-adviser MortgageGym has completed a funding round of £3.8m from investors, including LSL...

The Mansfield unveils RIO mortgages with added drawdown facility

The Mansfield Building Society is launching its Retirement Interest Only (RIO) proposition with two...

Shawbrook hits development finance milestone

Shawbrook Bank has achieved £250m of lending to small and medium-sized property developers across...

Bluestone Mortgages makes key sales appointments

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the recruitment of several new staff members across its sales...

BFS expands global headquarters in Banbury

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the expansion of its global headquarters in Banbury,...

Fourth birthday for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages is celebrating its fourth birthday having launched on this day in 2014. The buy-to-let and...

The Leeds cuts rate on RIO mortgage

The Leeds Building Society has cut its five year fixed rate Retirement Interest Only (RIO)...

Uinsure partners with L&C

General insurance (GI) provider Uinsure has announces a new partnership with mortgage broker L&C Mortgages. Simon...

Paymentshield to hold webinar on learning from Netflix

General insurance firm Paymentshield is hosting a webinar on the lessons that advisers can...

Secure Trust Bank unveils its cheapest ever mortgages

With rates starting from 2.04% on its new STB0 product tier, Secure Trust Bank is...

New website for SortRefer

Online conveyancing broker portal SortRefer has relaunched its web site. It is now responsive, meaning...

1.8% house price growth for third consecutive month

Monthly prices rose modestly in August, according to the latest house price index from...
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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...

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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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Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

Brilliant Solutions has partnered with Box Socials to give its members discounted access to...
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Mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in almost two years

Fixed mortgage rates have recorded their biggest monthly reductions for almost two years, as...
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Solo first-time buyers face almost a decade of saving before they can buy

Solo first-time buyers face saving for almost a decade before they can afford to...

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