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New Accord buy-to-let range includes cashback

Accord Buy To Let is reducing rates and adding cashback to selected mortgages for...

Surge in equity release plans continues

Key Retirement has reported that retired homeowners released £1.71 billion of property wealth in...

Mortgages for Business pledges to improve gender diversity

Mortgages for Business is among 67 new signatory companies to sign up to HM...

Paragon extends portfolio mortgage products to Scottish market

Paragon is expanding its buy-to-let mortgage offering in Scotland to include mortgage products for...

Tuscan Capital appoints national sales manager

Tuscan Capital has announced the appointment of a national sales manager. Chris Parr is tasked...

Foundation Home Loans appoints regional account managers

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Victoria Pearce...

Vernon and Tenet Group in distribution deal

Vernon Intermediaries and Tenet Group have partnered to provide Tenet’s advisers with access the...

Spicerhaart Corporate Sales appoints first in-house mortgage broker

Just Mortgages broker Lauren Cunningham has been appointed as Spicerhaart Corporate Sales first in-house...

Wesleyan embarks upon major recruitment drive

Specialist financial mutual Wesleyan is growing its sales force and plans to recruit 100...

Accord cuts 95% LTV rates

Accord Mortgages has cut rates by up to 0.40 percentage points on two and...

Borrowers could save up to £6,500 by remortgaging

Legal & General Mortgage Club has claimed that borrowers on a Standard Variable Rate...

SMG makes Lenderlink API available to all

All second charge mortgage packagers are now able to register for a free Lenderlink...

Brightstar unveils sponsorship programme for young people

Brightstar Financial has launched its Young Brightstars sponsorship programme. The specialist distributor has provided bursaries...

The West Brom unveils remortgages for Help to Buy borrowers

The West Brom has introduced remortgage deals specifically for customers who purchased their home...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

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

Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

Mortgage industry figures are urging the government to review stamp duty for first-time buyers...

L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...

West Brom reduces rates by up to 0.18%

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its two-year fixed purchase mortgage range,...

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