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Precise to be main sponsor for Complete FS Silver Jubilee Expo

Complete FS has revealed that Precise Mortgages will be the main sponsor for its...

The Teachers adds two new 95% LTV deals

The Teachers Building Society has launched two new 95% LTV mortgages, aimed exclusively at...

FCA outlines claims management regulation plans

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published draft rules outlining how it will...

Openwork adds Post Office for Intermediaries to panel

Openwork has expanded its mortgage lender panel with the addition of Post Office for Intermediaries. Launched in...

Paymentshield hires proposition director

Paymentshield has appointed James Loder as proposition director. Loder (pictured) will oversee the development of...

TMA to hold DA ‘BiteSize Workshops’

TMA Club has opened registration for its Directly Authorised (DA) BiteSize Workshops. Aimed to simplify...

Newcastle Intermediaries’ large loans available to Paradigm members

Paradigm Mortgage Services has secured access to Newcastle Intermediaries’ large loans proposition for mortgages...

FIBA unveils number of member benefits

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has launched a range of benefits that members...

Treasury to further cut stake in RBS

UK Government Investments Limited (UKGI) is to sell part of HM Treasury's shareholding in The...

Roma Finance appoints head of sales

Bridging and development lender Roma Finance has appointed Tracey Martin as its head of sales. Martin...

600 advisers sign up to PMS and Sesame’s protection campaign charter

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network has begun its new protection initiative, with the...

The Leeds supports technology boost for Samaritans

Money raised for Samaritans by the Leeds Building Society will be used to improve...

The Skipton moves into shared ownership market

The Skipton Building Society is entering the shared ownership mortgage market with an intermediary...

Reward Finance makes key Leeds office appointment

Noel Haverly has joined the Leeds office of Reward Finance as business development director. He...

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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