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MPC raises Bank Rate to 0.75%

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted unanimously to raise the...

LendInvest removes debenture and cuts ICR assessment rates for BTL

LendInvest has dropped its debenture and floating charge amongst a series of changes to...

UK sees slowdown in rental growth

Rents in the UK, excluding London, rose by 1.18% in the 12 months to...

Keith Street joins The Mortgage Lender

Keith Street has joined The Mortgage Lender as its chief commercial officer (CCO). Street...

Two major hires for TDS

Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has appointed two key senior figures. François Josserand takes on...

Pepper makes DMP rate and criteria changes

Pepper Money has introduced improved criteria on its Debt Management Plan mortgage range and...

The Hinckley & Rugby joins Legal & General panel

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has  joined the panel at Legal & General...

Buy to Let Club offering Precise exclusives

Precise Mortgages has launched two new buy-to-let fixed rate products exclusively through Buy to...

APRIL UK comes to PMI agreement with AXA PPP healthcare

APRIL UK has reached an agreement with AXA PPP healthcare to offer APRIL UK’s...

Foundation Home Loans unveils its lowest ever fixed rates

Foundation Home Loans has introduced its lowest ever fixed rates with its new ‘Summer...

Marsden BS adds new expat, older borrower and residential deals

The Marsden Building Society has added new products across its expat, older borrower and...

Borrowers could be paying £900 over the odds

Online mortgage broker Trussle has claimed that homeowners choosing a mortgage with one of...

OneFamily makes two hires for intermediary sales team

OneFamily has appointed Chris Brown as a strategic account manager and Laurie Diiorio as...

IGF appoints asset based lending director

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has announced the appointment of Neil Kindness as asset based...
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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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Landlord sales slow following Renters’ Right Act

The share of homes listed for sale that were previously rented dropped to 9.2%...
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Knowledge Bank teams up with Brilliant Solutions for specialist lending cases

Knowledge Bank has formed a partnership with specialist mortgage packager Brilliant Solutions as demand...
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FCA urges firms to strengthen product design under Consumer Duty

The Financial Conduct Authority has highlighted examples of improved product governance under the Consumer...
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Validate appoints Louise Shute as managing director

Valuation specialist Validate has appointed Louise Shute as managing director as it continues to...

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