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Alan Margolis joins Masthaven Bank

Masthaven Bank has announced the appointment of Alan Margolis as its credit and operations...

Fiduciam appoints senior originator

Bridging lender Fiduciam has appointed Harry Hodell as a senior originator,  joining the business from...

Criteria Hub highlights solar panel lending issues

Criteria Hub has urged brokers to make sure that when they are arranging a...

Precise Mortgages unveils new residential repayment options

'Precise Mortgages has increased the number of repayment options across its residential mortgage range...

Buy-to-let rental yields maintain strength

BM Solutions has reported that buy-to-let investors earned an average gross rental yield of 5.2% in...

Foundation Home Loans refines BTL criteria following EPC regulations

Foundation Home Loans has made changes to its buy-to-let criteria for borrowers, in response...

LSL subsidiary invests £2.5m in RSC New Homes

Your-move.co.uk Limited, a member of the LSL Property Services plc (LSL) group of companies...

TSB doubles cashback offering

TSB Bank has increased its cashback offer for home buyers with 85-95% LTV products...

The Midlands surges in buy-to-let index

The latest LendInvest Buy-to-Let Index report has revealed that Colchester tops the buy-to-let index table...

New investment round for Landbay

Landbay is opening its latest equity funding round to new investors through the Seedrs...

Nationwide: house price growth “subdued”

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house price growth remained broadly stable in...

IMLA predicts 2018-19 growth in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in 2018 has been predicted to rise for the eighth year...

TFC upgrades 1APP with new case management system

TFC Homeloans is adding upgraded features to its DIP, application and case management system...

Precise secured loan exclusive for SimplyBiz Mortgages and L&G club members

Legal & General Mortgage Club and SimplyBiz Mortgages have secured an exclusive second charge...

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

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,...

more2life calls for innovation and technology to drive later life lending growth

Later life lender more2life has called on the wider industry to ensure product innovation...

Leasehold possessions on the rise, warns Spicerhaart

More leasehold properties are entering possession as ongoing issues with the leasehold system continue...

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