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Landbay sees lending volumes double in six months

Landbay has revealed that it has lent a total of £100 million to buy-to-let...

Annual rate of house price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the last three months to February were...

New 95% LTV deals from Newcastle Intermediaries

Newcastle Intermediaries has revamped its range of 95% LTV mortgages, with rate cuts on...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts all buy-to-let rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced all its buy-to-let rates by up to 0.10 percentage points. The...

New buy-to-let offering from Masthaven

Masthaven has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage range, which will initially be available exclusively...

Young people increasingly becoming fraud victims or perpetrators

Fraud prevention service Cifas has published new figures showing major rises in the number...

Brokers spending two hours per week checking criteria

Criteria Hub has asked over 1,000 advisers asking how much time they spent per...

Vida Homeloans makes criteria changes

Vida Homeloans has introduced a new maximum LTV of 90% for first time buyers, 100%...

Just Mortgages’ self-employed division continues to grow

Just Mortgages has reported that its self-employed division has increased six-fold in less than...

Longer-term mortgages more popular than two-year deals

Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence Tracking Index report has found that the preference for longer-term...

InterBay Commercial joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added InterBay Commercial to its mortgage lender panel. Paradigm member firms...

Paul Flowers banned by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Paul Flowers, the former chair of Co-operative Bank,...

Trio of appointments at Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has made three new broker-facing appointments. Dena Thompson has been appointed head of...

Hanley Economic BS unveils Help to Buy remortgage deal

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year discounted remortgage product for Help...
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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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New builds coming to market at lowest level since 2017

The number of new build housing developments coming to market is at its lowest...
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Rental affordability improves most in London

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