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Paragon’s mortgage lending up 7%

Paragon has published its third quarter trading update. It shows a 7% increase in total...

Vernon Intermediaries now allows 40-year terms

Vernon Intermediaries has extended its maximum mortgage term to 40 years from 35, to take...

Improvement in first-time buyer product choice

The latest findings from the quarterly AmTrust Mortgage Loan to Value (LTV) Tracker show...

Scottish housing market “pausing for breath”

Your Move has reported that annual house price growth in Scotland in May stood...

Q2 rise in demand for bridging finance

Bridging lender MTF's latest Broker Sentiment Survey has found that property investors are increasingly turning to...

£1bn of lifetime mortgage lending in a quarter “just around the corner”

The equity release market edged closer to £1bn of activity in a single quarter...

Kuflink Bridging appoints head of sales

Kuflink Bridging has announce Jeff Bungar’s promotion to the position of head of sales....

Sesame Bankhall Group reports 22% rise in protection business

Sesame Bankhall Group's combined protection annual premium income (API) through PMS Mortgage Club and...

Number of first-time buyers outstrip house movers

The latest Lloyds Bank Homemover Review has revealed that the number of people moving...

Lenders commit to new Lendex gateway

Nine lenders have agreed to accept digital mortgage transactions via Lendex, Mortgage Brain’s digital...

Foundation Home Loans introduces new large loan offering

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new large loan product, facilitating larger buy-to-let loans...

Thistle sees large rise in landlords switching to incorporation

Thistle Finance has revealed a 30% rise in the number of landlords in the...

Legal & General Mortgage Club partners with nine lenders in H1

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed that during the first half of 2018, it...

Pepper Money makes pricing changes

Pepper Money has revised its pricing, cutting some rates by up to 0.55 percentage...
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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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