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Record profits for Openwork

Openwork Ltd has reported record profits and a sixth consecutive year of profit growth. Profit...

Connect bolsters commercial lending team

Connect for Intermediaries has appointed a commercial lending specialist to its commercial team. Gareth Norman...

Coventry is top university city for house price growth

Average property prices in the UK’s top 50 university towns and cities have risen...

Subsea technology innovator secures £500k growth funding

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £500,000 export finance facility to Subsea Technologies...

Cirencester Friendly ups new business commission rates

Cirencester Friendly has announced that new business introductory commission rates in respect of its...

Nicola Alvarez joins Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has appointed Nicola Alvarez to its corporate account team. Alvarez (pictured) has over...

M&S Bank expands mortgage distribution

M&S Bank has appointed Sesame to its list of mortgage intermediary partners. This announcement follows...

Magellan Homeloans unveils buy-to-let offering

Magellan Homeloans has launched a suite of buy-to-let mortgages which will initially only be available through...

Aldermore cuts high LTV rates

Aldermore has refreshed its residential mortgage range, reducing rates across its high LTV products,...

Nick Allen becomes Vida Homeloans’ director of marketing

Vida Homeloans has announced two promotions in its sales and marketing team. Nick Allen has...

Vernon Intermediaries partners with Mortgage Support Network

Vernon Intermediaries has teamed up with Mortgage Support Network into order to provide its...

Fluent Money expands into equity release market

Fluent Money has set up Fluent Lifetime Ltd -  representing the first phase of its...

North West a booming bridging market for Roma Finance

Roma Finance has reported a significant increase in its lending in the North West in...

Guardian Financial Services launches on iPipeline and IRESS

Guardian Financial Services' protection offer is now available on iPipeline and IRESS, with Synaptic Webline...
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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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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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Redwood Bank strengthens underwriting team with senior appointment

Redwood Bank has appointed Omkar Hushing as senior underwriting manager as it continues to...

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