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Openwork becomes M&S mortgage distributor

M&S Bank is expanding its mortgage network with the appointment of Openwork. This follows its...

David Robinson joins Shawbrook

David Robinson is to join Shawbrook Bank as its sales and distribution director for residential...

Loan directors banned for misleading customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned four former directors and shareholders of Secure My...

Rental yields at three-year high

Confidence in landlords' own lettings at its highest level for 18 months and 8%...

£35m H1 growth in mortgage balances for the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society achieved £92m of new mortgage lending in the...

Kensington Mortgages updates buy-to-let offering

Kensington Mortgages has upgraded its buy-to-let proposition. The latest changes will include loans of up to...

Strong June for remortgage lending

UK Finance has estimated that gross mortgage lending for the total market in June...

More 2 Life becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers,...

London sellers becoming more realistic on pricing

Hometrack has revealed that UK city house price inflation in June was 4.6% year-on-year,...

L&G promotes Simon Hird

Legal & General has made a number of senior promotions within its general insurance...

Arbuthnot Commercial funds Pyroban growth 

Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has reveal details of its latest deal with Pyroban, an international...

Lack of equity release knowledge revealed

A recent survey found that 55% of homeowners aged 55 and over didn’t realise...

APRIL UK withdraws from PMI market

Protection and health insurance provider, APRIL UK, is closing its private medical insurance plans...

Housing transaction figures remain stagnant

HMRC has reported that the provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for June...
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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%...
Specialist

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...
Regulation

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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