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iPipeline expands GI quoting capability with SolutionBuilder

iPipeline is further expanding quoting capability via protection sourcing system SolutionBuilder. At the beginning of...

Shawbrook streamlines short-term offering

Shawbrook has announced a revamp of its short-term lending range. The bank has consolidated the...

First time buyers benefit from May mortgage boost

E.surv's latest Mortgage Monitor has reported that there was a sharp increase in mortgage...

Later Life Academy secures NSAFS accreditation

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has revealed that its development programme for later life...

Kensington launches Options range for customers with a ‘blip’

Kensington Mortgages has introduced its new residential Options mortgage range, alongside a wider pricing...

Partnership aims to improve valuation panel management

Valuation panel and audit services business, VAS Group, has signed an exclusive agreement with...

The Leeds offers new two-year BTL deals

The Leeds Building Society has added new two year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages to...

One in five landlords ‘accidental’

Foundation Home Loans' research has found that one in five UK landlords have entered...

Kent Reliance launches income backed buy-to-let

Kent Reliance has launched a new income backed buy-to-let proposition. The lender, which is part...

Octane Capital appoints BDM for the South West

Octane Capital has announced the appointment of Dominic Sheahan as senior business development manager. Sheahan...

Pepper Money improves contractor mortgage criteria

Pepper Money has introduced day rate calculations to assess affordability for contractors. For contractors who...

Magellan Homeloans unveils fee free option for fixes

Magellan Homeloans has today launched a 'fees free' option on its two and three-year...

The Right PMI & Healthcare increases presence in healthcare space

The Right PMI & Healthcare, the specialist PMI division of The Right Mortgage &...

FCA: no enforcement action against Scottish Widows

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced investigations into six firms as a result of...
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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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