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Barclays increases Great Escape cashback to £300

Barclays is making a number of changes to its mortgage range tomorrow (30 August). Reductions: Buy-to-let...

Homeowners more optimistic about finances than renters

Lloyds Bank's latest Spending Power Report has found that 66% of Brits think their...

TMA Club to offer critical illness software via CIExpert

TMA Club has entered into an agreement with CIExpert, a firm which analyses critical illness...

Airbnb property owners facing tax penalties

An accountancy firm has warned that Airbnb property owners are among those who could...

£27k house price premium for top state schools

Living in the catchment area of one of England’s top 100 state secondary schools...

July new build sales down 43% year-on-year

Land Registry has reported that there were over 95,500 sales of land and property...

Record uptake of equity release adviser guide

The Equity Release Council has reported record numbers of downloads this year of The...

Clear majority of SMEs lack succession plan

64% of bosses of UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) do not have a...

TBMC introduces new online application form

TBMC has launched a new online application form for intermediaries to submit their buy-to-let...

More 2 Life appoints director of operations and change management

More 2 Life has announced the appointment of Ben Waugh as director of operations and...

Year-high for rental demand

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of new prospective tenants registered per letting...

IGF increases UK SME lending by 76%

Commercial finance provider Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has reported year-on-year growth in the year to June 2018, with...

Paymentshield unveils Defaqto Compare Tool

Paymentshield is offering access to the Defaqto Compare Tool, giving advisers the ability to...

House prices still recovering from financial crisis

The latest UK Cities House Price Index House from Hometrack has found that prices...
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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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