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Personal Touch expands second charge panel

Vantage Finance has become the latest addition to Personal Touch’s panel. The specialist master broker...

SortRefer achieves ISO 27001 and claims GDPR readiness

Online conveyancing platform SortRefer has stated that it has attained ISO 27001, a benchmark for...

Financial professionals ‘should ditch the jargon’

Just 47% of adults are confident with their understanding of the terminology used to explain...

Competition drives Q1 bridging volume rises

Bridging loan volumes increased by almost a third in the first quarter of 2018...

Zurich completes divestment in Openwork

Zurich and the Openwork Partnership LLP have completed the divestment of Zurich’s 25% shareholding...

Lack of funding hitting UK SME finances

23% of SMEs, representing 1.27 million small and medium sized businesses across the UK, are...

Investec simplifies mortgage proposition

Investec Private Banking has simplified its residential owner-occupier and buy-to-let mortgage ranges, and made...

The Melton and MBS Lending join SimplyBiz Mortgages’ panel

The Melton Building Society and its subsidiary MBS Lending have joined SimplyBiz Mortgages’ lender...

Pure Retirement unveils new case tracker for advisers

Pure Retirement has made change to its online case tracking tool for advisers. Launched just...

NatWest introduces mortgage rate hikes

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

CA welcomes government’s response to its homebuying and selling proposals

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has welcomed the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s...

New online fact find for One 77 Mortgages

One 77 Mortgages is launching a new online mortgage fact find this week. The online...

Pepper Money hires head of national accounts

Pepper Money has appointed Clare Jarvis in the new role of head of national...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network launches Scottish arm

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has opened an office north of the border. The...
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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 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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