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BFS appoints UK commercial director

invoice financier Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Sharon Wiltshire as UK commercial director. First...

AMI calls for up-front product levy

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has re-iterated his...

MBE Bristol Expo open for registration

Free registration for the Bristol Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) on 6 June is now...

New national BDM for Together

Together has appointed Robert Oliver to the role of national business development manager. Oliver (pictured),...

Tenants’ confessions ‘show need for landlord cover’

According to research from Lloyds Bank Business Insurance Services, 25% of tenants have damaged...

Decline in buy-to-let valuations

April saw a 7% drop in buy-to-let valuations, as the reduction to landlord’s mortgage...

IMLA urges lending support for SME housebuilders

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found that the majority of mortgage lenders and...

Greater proc fees required for buy-to-let?

David Whittaker of Mortgages for Business expects the amount of gross buy-to-let mortgage lending...

Questioning equity release client health ‘a must’

The option to offer your equity release clients enhanced terms means advisers should always...

Digital advice ‘not for specialist market’

Adrian Moloney of OneSavings Bank told a seminar audience at the FSE Manchester event...

Product transfers are advisers’ “big opportunity”

An audience at the FSE Manchester event on Wednesday heard that the £100bn mortgage...

Portfolio BTL market likely to expand

An industry panel at the FSE Manchester event on Wednesday was of the view...

South West workers lack protection cover

People living in the South West of England are feeling increasingly financially squeezed. In 2014,...

Mortgage volumes down 12% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis,...
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Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Britons are continuing to live in shared households far later in life as housing...
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Landlords juggle 6.5 buy-to-let loans on average, research finds

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Wales and North East top BTL yield table as returns edge higher

Gross buy-to-let rental yields rose modestly in the first quarter, with Wales and the...

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