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Aldermore appoints head of external comms

Aldermore has appointed Alan Oliver as its new head of external communications. Oliver (pictured)...

New staff member at Affirmative

Affirmative has recruited Katie Dawes to its processing team. Dawes has over five years’ experience...

Vida unveils new free valuation residential deal

Vida Homeloans has revised its Fee Saver residential mortgage offering. Properties up to £500,000 now...

New 10-year fixes from Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank has introduced a new range of 10-year fixes for remortgage customers and...

Foundation Home Loans unveils short-term let exclusive

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a new short-term let product, as part of the...

Santander cuts slew of mortgage rates

Santander has revealed new mortgage deals available to customers, both purchasing and remortaging with...

New chief executive for Hinckley & Rugby BS

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has appointed Colin Fyfe as its new chief...

Shawbrook Commercial adds to short-term lending range

Shawbrook Bank has released an option in its short-term lending range for lending for...

Secure Trust Bank offers 90% LTV exclusives

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has launched new products at 90% LTV, exclusively with specialist...

Co-operative Bank appoints new CEO

The Co-operative Bank has announced the appointment of Andrew Bester as its CEO. He joins...

ARLA Propertymark unveils licensing database for members

ARLA Propertymark is introducing a new database in partnership with GetRentr, a technology platform...

Together partners with Brilliant Solutions and Mortgage Support Network

Specialist lender Together has expanded its distribution by partnering with Brilliant Solutions mortgage club...

Pure Retirement expands support for equity release advisers

Pure Retirement has recruited a further 24 members to its team. The firm aims to...

FCA challenged to do more to support professionalism in UK financial services

A financial services alliance with a combined global membership of 200,000 is challenging the...
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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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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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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...
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L&G launches later life lending campaign

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