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Positive Commercial Finance see 300% growth in first half of 2018

Specialist commercial finance broker Positive Commercial Finance has reported its best ever set of...

Airbnb property owners could face tax penalties

Accountancy firm Menzies LLP has warned that Airbnb property owners are among those who could face hefty...

Gatehouse Bank hires head of home finance operations

Gatehouse Bank has appointed Karen Faulkner to the position of head of home finance...

360 Dot Net appoints strategy and proposition director

360 Dot Net has announced the appointment of Brod Whiting as strategy and proposition...

Paragon funds fintech firm’s growth

UK Fintech firm PayBreak has secured funding for growth via £15m from Paragon. PayBreak, based...

New Paragon buy-to-let exclusives for 3mc

3mc has unveiled new exclusive buy-to-let products with Paragon Bank on the lender’s portfolio...

The Tipton & Coseley to accept AirBnB holiday let applications

The Tipton & Coseley Building Society will now accept applications for second homes and...

New branding for OneFamily

OneFamily has introduced a new brand and visual identity, featuring the strapline ‘modern family...

House prices see early summer slowdown in May

Latest May data from the Office for National Statistics shows that, on average, house...

VAS Group to manage all Aspen Bridging valuations

Short-term finance provider Aspen Bridging has extended its partnership with VAS Group to incorporate its...

Spicerhaart Corporate Sales improves interest-only proposition

Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, which offers an asset management service for lenders including repossessions, part-...

“Baffling patchwork” of housing complaint schemes and routes

Ombudsman Services (OS), which is withdrawing from handling complaints in the housing and property sector next...

David Robinson to leave Accord Mortgages

David Robinson, Accord Mortgages' national intermediary sales manager, is leaving the business later this...

Hampshire Trust Bank appoints new NED

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announces the appointment of Astrid Grey as an independent non-executive director (NED). Grey (pictured)...
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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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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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Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

In a week that saw more than 20 lenders reduce their fixed mortgage rates,...

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