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Scottish Widows hires protection director

Scottish Widows has appointed Gary Burchett to the role of protection director. He will have...

Halifax Intermediaries unveils £1k cashback offer

Halifax Intermediaries has launched a £1,000 cashback offer #100for first-time buyers and home movers.  The...

Criteria Hub sees evidence of increasing older life mortgage activity

Criteria Hub has published the top threesearches made by criteria broker users in residential...

First-time buyers forum to be held in the North East

Skipton Intermediaries will be presenting at a First Time Buyers Forum at the North...

SMG unveils Lenderlink Referrals

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) has added a new feature to Lenderlink, its specialist loan sourcing...

Nationwide: 0.2% April rise in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a slight increase UK annual house growth in...

Retiring early can mean a £3,400 hit on annual retirement income

New research from Prudential reveals that 60% of those stopping work this year are doing so...

Retirement Advantage adds new exam workshop dates

Retirement income provider Retirement Advantage is to add more Equity Release Exam Workshop dates...

Homes England appoints Ashfords for Legal Services Framework

National law firm Ashfords LLP has been appointed by Homes England to its Legal...

TMW doubles remortgage offer validity period

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is extending the period of time a remortgage offer is...

Landlords start 2018 on a more optimistic note

New research from BM Solutions has found that landlords are feeling more upbeat about...

Openwork recruits 160 mortgage advisers in Q1

Openwork added 160 mortgage advisers to its membership in the first quarter of 2018. This...

House purchase approvals down 21% year-on-year

UK Finance has revealed that gross mortgage lending in March is estimated to have...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network expands lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced that the Post Office's mortgage range,...
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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,...
First-time buyers

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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