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‘Only’ one million pound town in UK

The number of million pound house sales in the country in the first half of...

Tesco Bank suffers hacking attack

Tesco Bank has confirmed that some of its customers’ current accounts have been subject to...

ChaseBlue partners with Together

ChaseBlue Loans and Together have completed a £785,000 second charge buy-to-let mortgage in a...

Keystone changes Classic criteria

Keystone Property Finance has made three changes to its Classic Range lending criteria. The...

Ultimate Finance makes key sales appointment

Ultimate Finance has recruited Vince Tovey as its national head of sales for trade finance,...

Fortwell Capital joins CREFCE

Fortwell Capital has become a trade association member of CREFC Europe (CREFCE) and will...

Mortgage Brain hires lender development manager

Mortgage Brain has appointed Karen Faulkner as its new lender development manager.     Faulkner's role will...

FCA concerned by ‘high risk’ sector appetite

Lynda Blackwell, mortgage sector manager at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), says the regulator...

Don’t expect tax relief u-turn

People hoping for a u-turn from the Chancellor in the upcoming Autumn Statement on the...

Equity release market predicted to hit £5bn by 2020

The equity release market will “comfortably be a £5bn market by 2020,” brokers Financial Services...

Market remained resilient since Brexit vote

The audience at the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Midlands on Thursday heard an industry panel...

Bank Rate cut now less likely

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to keep...

Pepper appoints originations head

Nicola Boardman has joined Pepper Homeloans as its head of origination. She will be responsible...

NatWest IS unveils new website

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has revealed its new website, with redesigned navigation and content. From the home...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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Mercantile Trust promotes Nina Kainth to head of sales

Mercantile Trust has promoted Nina Kainth to head of sales, bringing its business development...

Gatehouse exits BTR platform to fuel home finance growth

Gatehouse Financial Group has sold its build-to-rent platform to Apollo in a move designed...

Regulators set out framework for higher loan-to-income lending as cap is eased

The Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have published proposals setting out how...

Planning delays and tax burden undermine housing viability, says RSM UK

RSM UK has called on government to reassess planning reforms and tax policy after...

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