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Brightstar Financial holds bridging day with West One

Brightstar Financial is hosting its fourth lender day today. The intermediary specialist lending hub's latest...

Masthaven expands offering north of the border

Masthaven Bridging Finance has expanded its bridging proposition in Scotland. The lender has increased its...

Openwork offers Leeds exclusive

Openwork has secured two exclusive fixed mortgage deals with Leeds Building Society. The...

Rise in second charge repossessions

In the second quarter of 2012 the number of second charge possessions was 183,...

Stonebridge Group grows member firm numbers

Stonebridge Group has seen 20 new AR firms joining in the last four...

Bridgebank expands business development team

Bridgebank Capital has appointed Karl James to the position of business development manager for...

14-year wait for second-time buyers

The average age of a second-time buyer is now 42, according to Post Office’s...

House prices have never been higher

House prices are continuing to edge upwards, and on a monthly basis the average...

House purchase approvals up 21% year-on-year

July 2013 was the strongest July for house purchase lending since the financial crisis,...

Skipton Financial Services appoints divisional distribution manager

Skipton Financial Services (SFS) has appointed Gareth Barlow as the company's divisional distribution manager...

Clayton Euro Risk creates new director role

Clayton Euro Risk has announced the appointed of Konstantine (Gus) Pastras to the newly...

Leeds Building Society appoints CIO

Leeds Building Society has appointed Tom Clark as chief information officer and general...

New deals from Accord Buy to Let

Accord Buy to Let has unveiled a new product range, with rates starting from...

Mortgage Brain improves buy-to-let functionality

Mortgage Brain has added sourcing filters to its buy-to-let capability. The existing functionality provides...

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AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

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FCA moves to simplify UK securitisation regime in joint reform with PRA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Consultation Paper CP26/6, setting out proposed changes...

Chetwood Bank hires Simon Parish as south east business development manager

Chetwood Bank has appointed Simon Parish as business development manager for the South East,...

Finova strengthens leadership team with chief delivery officer appointment

Finova has appointed Anja Schneider as chief delivery officer as the cloud-based mortgage and...

Quantum Mortgages addresses southern coverage with new hire

Quantum Mortgages has appointed Hayley Jones as business development manager for the South as...

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