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TMA unveils new conveyancing panel

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has relaunched its conveyancing panel, providing a range of conveyancing services...

Accord underwriter shaves for Marie Curie

Helen Wonford, an underwriter at Accord Mortgages, has shaved off her hair in memory...

Pepper hires regional manager for the north

Pepper Homeloans has appointed Ryan Brailsford as its regional development manager for the north...

Annual house price growth remains unchanged

The Halifax has reported that annual rate of growth in May was unchanged at...

Quarter of advisers working longer hours

27% of financial advisers are working longer hours, with some working more than two...

Solution proposed to ‘holistic’ debate

The Society of Mortgage Professionals says it is confident that the Financial Conduct Authority's...

39% of small businesses look to invest in IT

A new survey commissioned by asset finance and leasing specialist Norton Folgate has revealed...

SMEs worried about their prospects over next 12 months

SMEs in the UK are deeply concerned about the outlook for the economy, according...

The Furness BS offloads financial advice business

Tenet’s wholly owned appointed representative, Aspire Financial Management Ltd (AFML), has finalised the acquisition...

P2P platform appoints former Aldermore heavyweight

Peer-to-peer lending platform CrowdProperty.com has announced the appointment of Mark Stephens as non-executive director....

L&G reveals children’s critical illness figures

Legal & General paid out £1.9 million in children’s critical illness claims in 2015. The...

Shawbrook changes short-term loan criteria

Shawbrook Bank has made four tweaks to its criteria for short-term loans (STL) following...

Key hires for OneSavings Bank brands

OneSavings Bank has made a series of new appointments across its Kent Reliance, InterBay...

Largeequityrelease.com joins PMS referral panel

Largeequityrelease.com has become a master broker on PMS's new specialist lending panel for equity...

COMMENT

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...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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