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Commercial sales promotions at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Commercial Property has announced the promotions of Daryl Norkett and Rob Holt within...

Landbay launches new HMO range

Landbay has unveiled a new range of buy-to-let products, with a specific focus on...

January mortgage lending up almost 10% year-on-year

UK Finance has estimated that gross mortgage lending in January totalled £21.9bn, 9.7% more...

Mint Bridging hires experienced underwriter

Bridging lender Mint Bridging has recruited Roxann Robinson as an underwriter. She joins the team, headed...

L&G unveils Children’s Critical Illness Extra

Legal & General has launched Children’s Critical Illness Extra (CCIx), a paid for option,...

New specialist lending panel for TMA

TMA Club has refreshed its panel of master brokers and specialist packagers, to provide...

Together named one of UK’s best 100 companies

Together has been named as one of the UK’s best 100 mid-size companies to...

The Skipton hires IRM for the North East

The Skipton Building Society has appointed Natalie Bridges to its team of intermediary relationship...

Pensions at risk of being paid to wrong people at death

Royal London has claimed that more than 750,000 people approaching retirement are at risk of...

New 10-year deal from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has  launched a 10-year fixed rate mortgage. The new 10-year fix at a...

RBS posts first profit in a decade

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported an annual profit of £752m for 2017, compared...

Brilliant Solutions adds Masthaven to panel

Brilliant Solutions has added Masthaven to its panel of lenders. Brokers will be able to...

New NED for the Tipton and Coseley

The Tipton and Coseley Building Society has appointed a new non-executive director (NED) to...

Canopy partners with Humberts

Canopy has announced a new partnership with Humberts, which will increase the distribution of...

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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...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

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Borrowers shift back to 2-year fixes as rate hopes grow

Mortgage borrowers are increasingly opting for 2-year fixed-rate deals as expectations build that mortgage...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR...

Stonebridge releases 2026 Regional Roadshow dates

Stonebridge has released its 2026 Regional Roadshow dates and revealed where it will be...

Pepper Money cuts rates across resi and affordable homes range

Pepper Money has cut rates across its residential and affordable home ownership range. Residential rates...

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