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223% income rise for Pink members

It was revealed at the recent Pink annual conference that its members are earning...

Flooding has no impact on premiums – yet

The average quoted premium for a combined buildings and contents insurance policy over the...

Buy-to-let comes of age

The buy-to-let market is celebrating its 18th birthday. In 1996, ARLA and a small select...

Mortgage Brain launches web-based sourcing solution

Mortgage Brain has announced the launch of MortgageBrain Anywhere, its online mortgage sourcing...

Blacks wins key legal award

Leeds-based Blacks Solicitors won a major accolade at the Yorkshire Legal Awards. The firm won...

The Hanley selects exclusive specialist distributor

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched the first product of its Specialist range...

Brightstar Financial grows commercial team

Brightstar Financial has expanded its commercial team with the addition of Nicholas Christofi as...

Mortgage27 access now available to lenders and packagers

Mortgage27 has revealed that MortgageSource, its recently released sourcing system for financial intermediaries, is...

Treasury Committee wants answers over infrastructure outage

Technical problems beset the Bank of England's retail-time gross settlement system (RTGS) payment system...

Positive Lending appoints BDM

Positive Lending has appointed Andy Keehner to the position of regional business development manager...

Fleet Mortgages expands launch panel

Fleet Mortgages has added Legal & General Mortgage Club to the list of distributors...

Y3S maintains Fast Growth 50 status

At the annual Fast Growth 50 dinner in Wales on Friday, Y3S retained its...

NACFB to launch SME lending campaign

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is launching ‘Love Lending Week’...

NatWest hires six BDMs

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has appointed six new business development managers (BDMs). Four will be...

COMMENT

Jonny Palmer: Taking on the world’s toughest foot race

On 3 April I’ll be attempting what is considered the toughest foot race on earth: Marathon Des Sables Legendary. When I type that into a...

Why straightforward buy-to-let cases are becoming increasingly rare

The idea of a truly straightforward buy-to-let case now feels increasingly distant. As portfolios grow in size and complexity and borrowing needs evolve alongside...

Technology: from transformation to stewardship

For most of the modern history of UK mortgage lending, stability has not simply been a preference – it has been a necessity. Boards have...

The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release or a maturing interest-only case. It is now a consistent and...

What does the year hold for specialist first charge residential mortgages?

A few months into 2026, it is already clear that many borrowers continue to fall outside the criteria set by high street and mainstream...

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Reeves backs building societies’ first-time buyer push

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has thrown her weight behind building societies’ campaign to convince aspiring...

Brightstar looks to Armed Forces leavers in drive to widen mortgage talent pool

Brightstar Group is piloting a new initiative aimed at bringing Service Leavers and Veterans...

Terry Blackburn on building a community for mortgage brokers

At 19, Terry Blackburn was knocking on doors trying to sell life insurance to...

The Yorkshire cuts mortgage rates by up to 28bps

Yorkshire Building Society has reduced rates across its mortgage range, with cuts of up...

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