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Fastest rising rents in the South West

Your Move's latest Rental Tracker has found that the South West was the fastest...

Pure Retirement becomes LLA Ambassador

AIR Sourcing has revealed that Pure Retirement has become the first provider to plug into...

Twenty7Tec launches equity release sourcing

Twenty7Tec has unveiled what it claims to be the UK’s first "truly blended" sourcing...

Slight fall in house prices

Office for National Statistics' March data shows, on average, house prices have fallen by...

FTBs changing financial behaviour in desire to buy first home

Millennials are making tactical changes to their financial behaviour to help them get on...

Secure Trust Bank extends new build offer period

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has increased its offer period for customers buying a new...

Mobile insurance more popular than critical illness cover

Scottish Widows has found that despite 21% of people admitting their household wouldn’t survive...

Retirement Advantage offers equity release lead generation workshops

Retirement Advantage has announced a series of lead generation training workshops to help advisers...

London house prices rose by 40% over past five years

Lloyds Bank has revealed that despite the recent slowdown in London house prices, the...

New auction product from Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging​ has has developed an auction product with rates from 0.45% per month. It...

The Leeds extends Parkrun backing

The Leeds Building Society has completed a successful first year with Parkrun UK after its...

£3.25m loan for Peterborough PDR development

Commercial finance consultancy Mantra Capital has arranged a £3.25m loan facility for a client through Arbuthnot...

West One makes key second charge criteria change

West One will now allow non buy-to-let income to be used towards the affordability...

Skipton Intermediaries unveils Help to Buy refinancing calculator

Skipton Intermediaries has launched what it has dubbed a 'Hexit' calculator to support brokers...

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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