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MTF appoints Gareth Lewis

Gareth Lewis, previously director of bridging at Precise Mortgages has joined short-term finance lender,...

NatWest increases number of residential rates

NatWest has made rate changes to its core and semi-exclusive ranges of residential and...

New fixed rate options from the Saffron

The Saffron Building Society is offering new mortgage products. This mutual says its mortgage options...

Accord: momentum growing in portfolio landlord market

Accord has reported that applications from landlords with four or more properties equalling a...

Kensington launches limited company BTL offering

Kensington Mortgages is now offering mortgages for limited company buy-to-let customers. The new offering to...

Pepper UK to enter Greek market

Pepper UK has acquired NAI Hellas/AVENT S.A, a specialist firm of commercial property advisers...

The Leeds unveils new two-year deals

The Leeds Building Society has added new two-year fixed rate mortgages to its range. New...

The Ipswich BS improves self-build criteria

The Ipswich Building Society has adapted its self-build lending criteria to accept modern methods...

Octane Capital in £8.5m exit deal

Octane Capital has provided an £8.5m development exit loan to a client of RHL. The loan...

InterBay joins with TMA to provide new club partnership

InterBay Commercial, part of OneSavings Bank plc (OSB), has launched a new club partnership...

The Right DA Club unveils compliance packages

The Right DA Club, the directly authorised arm of The Right Mortgage Ltd, has...

Vida broadens buy-to-let expat criteria

Vida Homeloans has widened its buy-to-let expat criteria and will now lend to existing...

Regulator to provide industry update at FSE Manchester

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be providing its first update to the industry...

Gordon Rae joins The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender has announced that Gordon Rae has joined it as business development manager...

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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