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The Skipton offers new cashback deals

The Skipton Building Society has revamped its core residential mortgage range and introduced new...

New BDM at Signature Private Finance

Signature Private Finance has appointed Jason Fantini as business development manager (BDM) with primary responsibility for...

FTBs could be underestimating the importance of a broker

The Yorkshire Building Society Group’s latest First-Time Buyers Report has found that 28% of...

OneFamily adds two-year option to interest payment lifetime mortgage

OneFamily is launching a two-year fixed offer on its interest payment lifetime mortgage. OneFamily’s interest...

West One offers secured loans in Scotland

West One Secured Loans is offering residential second charge mortgage products to borrowers whose...

TML partners with Legal & General Mortgage Club

The Mortgage Lender and Legal & General Mortgage Club are joining forces to distribute...

Platform cuts rates on 60-90% LTV mortgages

Platform has reduced rates on all mainstream mortgages of two and five year fixed...

Paymentshield extends new build quote validity period

Paymentshield has extended the validity period for home insurance quotes on new build properties...

Shawbrook hires two commercial lending managers

Shawbrook Bank has appointed a further two lending managers, Nicole Edwards and Joanna Vudali,...

Knowledge Bank unveils Criteria Activity Tracker

Knowledge Bank has launched a new monthly Criteria Activity Tracker to keep brokers and...

Vida recruits trio of key account managers

Vida Homeloans has expanded its sales team with three new key account managers. Sarah Hartwell joins...

8% rise in second charge mortgage lending

Second charge mortgage new business volumes up by 8% in April, the Finance &...

Record month for Octane Capital

Octane Capital has passed £200m of lending, having completed on 13 loans in the...

Aldi and Lidl drive up property prices

Living near a local supermarket can push up your property’s value by £21,500 compared...
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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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