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SortRefer reintroduces Sort Club loyalty scheme

SortRefer has announced the relaunch of Sort Club, its loyalty scheme for brokers and...

Countrywide Surveying Services hosts forum on property market trends

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has hosted its first Future Insight Forum, bringing together senior...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Market Financial Solutions

Mortgage, protection and financial planning network, Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), has announced a new...

DeepSeek ‘opens new AI possibilities’ for financial services

The launch of DeepSeek’s R1 open-source model has prompted fresh discussions about the future...

Mortgage intermediary confidence dips after October Budget

Confidence among mortgage intermediaries declined in the final quarter of 2024 following October’s Budget,...

UTB ups maximum residential LTV to 95%

United Trust Bank Mortgages has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) across its...

Gen H updates income booster criteria

Gen H has updated its income booster mortgage criteria to allow boosters to live...

Market Harborough adds pair to field-based sales team

Market Harborough Building Society has added two new specialist business development manager (BDM) roles. Alex Doveston...

Saffron for Intermediaries added to FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has added Saffron for Intermediaries to its...

No surprise as Bank of England cuts base rate to 4.5%

The Bank of England has lowered the Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points to...

Hinckley & Rugby integrates JBSP into core mortgage range

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has streamlined its mortgage offering by merging its Joint...

StreamBank hosts industry event at new Cardiff HQ

Short-term lender, StreamBank, welcomed brokers, solicitors, and industry professionals to a reception at its...

Together successfully prices first RMBS of 2025

Together Financial Services Limited has announced the successful pricing of its £276.8 million second...

Mortgage Brain unveils integrated web platform

Mortgage Brain has launch Mortgage Brain Hub, an integrated mortgage technology platform designed to...

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We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

AI could make obsolescence obsolete and slash global e-waste

For decades, technology has been trapped in a cycle of forced obsolescence. Each year, a new iPhone or Android release quietly renders last year’s...

Discount Market Value: a local solution for a national housing challenge

The UK housing market is under constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to bolstering the supply of affordable housing. The government’s recent announcement of a...

Don’t overlook lifetime mortgages for clients with IHT worries

Lifetime mortgages have evolved significantly over the last few years. The industry has risen to the challenge, developing innovative new product features which ensure...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

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Gen H celebrates New Build Boost’s effect on homeownership

Six months after its launch, Gen H’s New Build Boost mortgage scheme has already...

Glenhawk cuts regulated bridging rates to record lows

Glenhawk has reduced rates across its regulated bridging range to the lowest levels in...

Investec backs Moorfield with £26m loan for Bristol student housing scheme

Investec has provided Moorfield Group with a £26 million senior debt facility to support...

The Mortgage Lender cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

The Mortgage Lender has announced rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let product lines,...