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Gatehouse Bank grows direct finance team

Gatehouse Bank has added two new senior hires to its direct finance team following...

AMI welcomes new funding for FSCS

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) believes that mortgage brokers will receive a "fairer outcome" from the...

Octane Capital’s sales director leaves the business

Octane Capital has confirmed the departure of Tom Clark, its sales director, who was part...

Landlords fixing for longer following PRA changes

Research from Commercial Trust has indicated that landlords have switched to a longer-term approach...

New buy-to-let range from Accord

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates and added an additional £250 cashback on...

Landbay to increase headcount by 70%

Landbay has reported its strongest quarter to date and revealed plans to increase headcount...

Invoice finance continues to set new records

New figures released by UK Finance show that the balance of pure invoice finance...

Last time buyers’ housing wealth to pass £1 trillion during 2018

Last Time Buyers now own £938bn of UK housing stock and will reach the £1...

Over 90,000 sales of land and property in England & Wales in March

The Land Registry has published Price Paid Data for March 2018. It includes details of more...

Foundation Home Loans updates residential mortgage offering

Foundation Home Loans has upgraded its residential product line, with the introduction of a...

Openwork agrees deal with Criteria Hub

Criteria Hub has signed an agreement with Openwork, to provide the network's advisers with...

VitalityLife makes improvements to Serious Illness Cover

VitalityLife’s Serious Illness Cover offering has been improved, with new conditions added, existing definitions...

Accord Mortgages expands underwriting team

Accord Mortgages is expanding its underwriting team with up to 25 new members of...

Belmont Green Finance completes second securitisation

Belmont Green has completed a £308m UK mortgage-backed securitisation led by NatWest Markets and...
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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 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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