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Vida offers brokers chance to help their local community

Vida Homeloans is marking the launch of its Helping Hand mortgage, the first Joint...

“Fundamental shift” in the development sector

Specialist packager Thistle Finance has reported a 9% fall in the average size of development finance loan...

Deliberately overvaluing properties “is harming consumers”

Estate agents are increasingly overvaluing properties to gain listings in a challenging market, according...

Plans to move home fall 25% following Bank Rate rise

The proportion of British adults planning a house move in the next six months...

First time buyers ‘sacrificing health, relationships and careers’

Aldermore's latest First Time Buyer Index research has found that first time homeowners are feeling increasingly...

First-time buyer numbers reach highest for a decade

First-time buyers have seen a 21% rise in property prices over the last ten...

Brokers expect lender credit policies to stay the same

A recent broker sentiment survey from United Trust Bank has revealed that around 57%...

New NED for HL Partnership

Mortgage and protection network, HL Partnership, has appointed Mike Hughes as non-executive director (NED). Hughes...

Don’t just consider direct second charge lenders

Advisers have been warned that as the lending industry concentrates on providing customers with...

Lending up at the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported growth in lending during its first quarter. Gross mortgage lending...

The Northview Group completes £250m securitisation

The Northview Group has successfully completed its eighth securitisation since 2015. The £250 million deal,...

The Buy to Let Business joins up with Foundation Home Loans for API launch

Foundation Home Loans has partnered with distributor, The Buy to Let Business (TBTLB), to...

VAS Group joins FIBA Professional Partners Panel

VAS Group has become the first valuation panel management and auditing company to join...

Metro Bank cuts five-year fixed product fee

Metro Bank has added a new reduced product fee to its residential five-year fixed...
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Opinions & blogs

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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Appointments

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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Confidence in homeownership falters despite renewed ambition

More than half of aspiring homeowners do not believe they will ever be able...
Case Studies

Precise helps borrowers with adverse credit secure 95% LTV home purchase

Precise has completed a 95% loan-to-value mortgage for two borrowers with historic adverse credit...
Buy-to-let

Landlords take more targeted approach to HMO investment

Landlords are increasingly adapting houses in multiple occupation to appeal to specific tenant groups,...

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