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FTBs want to complete before Brexit vote

13% of mortgage and remortgage customers are trying to speed up applications so they...

TMP expands lender panel

The Mortgage Partnership has appointed the Mansfield Building Society to its lender panel.   It is...

SortRefer makes key property professional hire

SortRefer Group has recruited Tim Price to head up its latest offering, due to...

Small developments avoid affordable housing obligations

Last week the Court of Appeal reinstated government policy relieving developers from affordable housing...

House prices fall in top 25% of London market

Stirling Ackroyd's latest London Hubs Tracker has found that while London has avoided any...

Conveyancers oppose Land Registry privatisation

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced its opposition to the government’s proposals to privatise the...

New funding facility for SME lender

EZBob Limited has secured a three-year £25m debt funding facility from Shawbrook Bank and...

Claims firms made £5bn from PPI

A Public Accounts Committee report has revealed that claims management companies charged victims of the PPI...

New mortgage deals from Barclays

Barclays is cutting mortgage rates across its two and five-year fixed, low loan to...

AMI concerned by FCA’s competition stance

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has revealed its its disappointment by the FCA's...

CML pleased by FCA’s competition statement

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority's competition...

New residential property head for Select & Protect

Select & Protect's parent company Hood Group has appointed Sarah Smith to the newly...

BTL rush stretching first-time buyer affordability

Rightmove has reported a small rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in price of property coming...

Dutch top EU buy-to-let investment poll

The Netherlands is the best location in the EU for buy-to-let investments as it...
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COMMENT

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...

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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...
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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...
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UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

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