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Kent Reliance appoints senior BDM hire for the North East

Kent Reliance has today announced the appointment of Susan Baillie as senior business development...

Remortgaging in January reaches a nine-year high

UK Finance has reported that the number of remortgages in January 2018 reached a...

Arkle Finance offers GDPR toolkit

Specialist lender Arkle Finance is providing brokers with help over the upcoming introduction of...

Property investors need more education on PRA rule changes

There is a lack of awareness amongst the property investor community of the changes...

Prudential to demerge fund management business

Prudential has revealed it is to demerge its UK and Europe businesses (M&G Prudential)...

LandlordInvest secondary market reaches £1m in completed sales

LandlordInvest.com, a FCA authorised peer-to-peer lending platform and a HM Revenue & Customs approved...

Women’s financial futures at risk?

There is a stark contrast in the level of confidence between men and women...

Easter valuations offer from Mint Bridging

Bridging lender, Mint Bridging, is offering free valuations from today (14 March) until the...

L&G takes full ownership of CALA Homes

Legal & General Capital division has acquired the 52.1% of CALA Homes which it...

Octane Capital hires credit manager

Octane Capital has recruited Dan Tyson as credit manager from Shawbrook Bank. He will report into...

Spring Statement 2018: Philip Hammond’s speech

Mr Speaker. I am pleased to introduce to the House the first Spring Statement. The UK...

Scottish Widows Protect joins UnderwriteMe comparison service

Scottish Widows Protect decision to join the UnderwriteMe quote comparison service means intermediaries can...

Average budget for movers is £322k

13% of people in the UK are looking to move house in the next...

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...

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New builds coming to market at lowest level since 2017

The number of new build housing developments coming to market is at its lowest...

Rental affordability improves most in London

London recorded the biggest improvement in rental affordability in June, according to Propertymark, with...

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...

LifeSearch appoints Nick Rixon as head of business protection

LifeSearch has appointed Nick Rixon as head of business protection and expert advice. The appointment...

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