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Keystone’s buy-to-let deal with Paratus AMC comes to an end

Keystone’s funding contract with Paratus AMC has ended after three years, originating close to...

Accord reduces buy-to-let rates

Accord has reduced buy-to-let rates by up to 0.25 percentage points. New deals include a...

Shawbrook appoints head of growth capital

Shawbrook Bank has appointed William Chappel to run its new growth capital business. Chappel (pictured),...

Consumer Panel wants better protection products

Protection products are too complicated and no longer meet the needs of a modern...

OneFamily improves fixed rate lifetime mortgage offering

OneFamily has increased the maximum loan amount from £750,000 to £1 million on its...

Mantra passes £0.5bn completion mark

Boutique commercial finance consultancy, Mantra Capital, has arranged over £0.5 billion of specialist loan...

Glenhawk secures £75m funding line

Glenhawk, the recently launched specialist UK property lender, has secured an initial £75 million...

‘Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor’ tops criteria searches

Knowledge Bank latest Criteria Activity Tracker has revealed the most search criteria by brokers during...

Barclays makes mortgage rate reductions

Barclays is reducing the rates on some of its mortgage products tomorrow (7 September). Changes...

ESTAS Conveyancing Awards shortlist published

The ESTAS Group - which highlights the best firms for customer service involved in...

Senior hires support Pepper’s banking licence plan

Pepper Money is to create a new entity to seek authorisation for a banking...

Kent Reliance cuts five-year fixed BTL rates

Kent Reliance is making rate reductions to its five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgages for 75%...

Octane Capital joins FIBA

Octane Capital has signed up to the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA). It is the first...

Record month in applications for Oblix Capital

Oblix Capital has reported that August was a record month for bridging and development...
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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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