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TMA to offer second charge Precise Mortgages products

TMA Club is expanding its offering by adding second charge products to its range through...

Unsecured debt amongst 55 to 74-year olds on the rise

New research from equity release lender More 2 Life reveals that unsecured debt amongst 55 to...

The Mansfield unveils ERC free shared ownership mortgage

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a discounted variable rate shared ownership mortgage with...

The Leeds offers new £1,000 cashback deals

The Leeds Building Society has added two new five-year deals with £1,000 cashback to...

InterBay partners with Legal & General Mortgage Club

InterBay Commercial has partnered with Legal & General Mortgage Club. Club members will be able...

VAS Group selected for Falcon’s bridging valuations

Falcon Bridging Finance, the bridging finance division of specialist financier Falcon Group, has selected...

Magellan opens office in Birmingham as underwriting team expands 

Magellan Homeloans has nearly trebled its underwriting team in the last few months. Its newly...

OMS launches the first two-way DIP integration with Kent Reliance

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the first to fully integrate with Kent Reliance...

iPipeline integrates with Smartr365

iPipeline has integrated its PreQuo and SolutionBuilder products with the Smartr365 mortgage technology platform. The...

Paragon acquires development finance provider

Paragon Banking Group has acquired Titlestone Property Finance Limited for around £48 million. ...

Capital Home Loans now live on Phoebus servicing

Capital Home Loans (CHL) has migrated to the Phoebus servicing platform. The implementation includes...

Matt Le Tissier to be main speaker at Complete FS Silver Jubilee Expo

Complete FS, the South Coast based specialist packager, has announced that Matt Le Tissier,...

Mortgage Advice Bureau Swindon hires experienced adviser

Mortgage Advice Bureau Swindon has announced the appointment of experienced mortgage adviser Ken Sneddon...

Laybourne Finance becomes latest Shawbrook strategic partner

Specialist lending brokerage Laybourne Finance has joined Shawbrook’s strategic broker panel. Laybourne Finance was formed in...

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...

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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,...

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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