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Belmont Green in £500m securitisation

Belmont Green, Vida Homeloans' parent company, has priced a £500 million UK mortgage-backed securitisation. The transaction...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils large loan option with no early repayment charge

Newcastle Intermediaries has now introduced a variable rate large loan product which comes with...

Knowledge Bank adds bridging and commercial loan search functionality

Criteria sourcing provider Knowledge Bank is now offering the ability to perform criteria searches...

Three new faces at Hope Capital

Bridging lender Hope Capital has appointed three new members of staff. Georgina Roscoe has joined...

Panacea Adviser’ partners with Legal & General

Panacea Adviser (Panacea) has revealed that Legal & General has become its latest partner. This new...

Oblix Capital completes £2m development loan

Oblix Capital, the London based specialist property lender, has completed a £2.04 million development loan,...

Maiden results for SimplyBiz Group as a public company

SimplyBiz Group has published its interim results for the six months to 30 June...

Kensington product revamp includes new 95% LTV deal

Kensington Mortgages has announced a number of changes to its mortgage offering in both...

L&G unveils online broker group protection platform

Legal & General has launched a new digital broker platform that delivers greater efficiency...

Keystone relaunches buy-to-let offering

Keystone Property Finance has announced its relaunch as a specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender. David Whittaker...

New laws could provide invoice finance boost

The government has put forward new laws to arm small businesses against unfair contracts...

The Hinckley & Rugby cuts 95% LTV rates

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the rate on three of its...

PRIMIS adds Uinsure to its GI panel

PRIMIS has added general insurance provider Uinsure to its GI panel. The Uinsure 5 Star...

Halifax Intermediaries reintroduces £1,000 cashback offer

Halifax Intermediaries has relaunched its £1,000 cashback offer for first-time buyers and home movers. In...

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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...

Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

Brilliant Solutions has partnered with Box Socials to give its members discounted access to...

Mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in almost two years

Fixed mortgage rates have recorded their biggest monthly reductions for almost two years, as...

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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