News

Call for awareness raising of Right to Build

19% of people in the UK think there would be increased public support for the...

Scottish Widows highlights seriousness of strokes

Scottish Widows has warned that just 39% of Brits feel that protecting their families in the event...

Promise Solutions added to network panel

Promise Solutions has been accredited to the panel of network Personal Touch Financial Services...

LMS and the Buckinghamshire extend partnership

LMS has extended its partnership with Buckinghamshire Building Society, following a two-year collaboration.  The Buckinghamshire...

Vantage Finance secures private equity investment

Vantage Finance has secured inward investment from Chiltern Capital. The private equity firm has taken a...

The Leeds unveils probate service

The Leeds Building Society is working with UK law firm Irwin Mitchell to offer...

France reclaims overseas property top spot

Beneficial buying conditions are pulling British investors back to the French property market, according to...

SMS unveils online system for brokers

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has launched its new front end online system for brokers. It offers an...

Bank of Mum & Dad equivalent to a top-10 lender

This year, home buyers will receive £5 billion of help from families and friends,...

Unemployment stalling house price growth

The divide in house prices between areas with the highest and lowest levels of unemployment...

Halifax trebles cashback offer

Halifax is providing homeowners moving their mortgage from another lender with £750 cashback. This representing a...

New associate member for the ASTL

Smith & Williamson LLP has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as...

Precise unveils direct to broker seconds offering

Precise Mortgages will be launching a direct to broker second charge proposition on 5 May.  The direct submission...

Cost of renting rises by 2.6%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has stated that private rental prices paid by...
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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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Regulation

FCA to join Bristol summit as later life lending sector weighs market study

The Financial Conduct Authority will join advisers, lenders and industry figures in Bristol next...
First-time buyers

Targeted deposit scheme could help one million first-time buyers onto housing ladder

A new government-backed deposit scheme could provide a route onto the housing ladder for...
Buy-to-let

Hodge raises holiday let lending limits with 80% LTV move

Hodge Bank has widened its holiday let criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value to 80% and...
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Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...

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