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Funding 365 completes £1.6m Surrey development exit loan

Funding 365 has provided a £1.6 million development exit loan at a rate of...

Just Mortgages marks four years of broker wellbeing support with new podcast and resources

Just Mortgages has marked four years since the launch of its mental health and...

The Mortgage Lender reduces buy-to-let rates and launches £500 cashback offer

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has cut rates across its buy-to-let range and introduced a...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network welcomes back Robin Pearson as head of risk

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the return of Robin Pearson to...

HTB hires new head of portfolio management

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Mathura Paramjorthy as head of portfolio management within...

Rightmove renews call for stamp duty reform as thresholds fail to keep pace with house prices

Fewer than one in 20 homes currently for sale in England are exempt from...

Buying a first home cheaper than renting in most UK cities, Lloyds finds

First-time buyers could save thousands of pounds a year by purchasing rather than renting,...

Black & White Bridging strengthens operations team with trio of appointments

Black & White Bridging has made three appointments to bolster its back-office operations as...

Cohort Capital completes £20m Hyde Park hotel acquisition loan

Cohort Capital has provided a £20 million facility to fund the acquisition of The...

The Cambridge launches limited company buy-to-let range

The Cambridge Building Society has entered the limited company buy-to-let market, expanding its specialist...

Economic pressures driving emotional strain around financial decisions, AMI research reveals

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has found that the UK’s economic climate is...

IMLA warns Chancellor: ‘Hands off the housing market’

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves against targeting the...

Rosemount adds April Mortgages to lender panel

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added April Mortgages to its lender panel, giving network...

Guardian widens access to life and critical illness cover

Guardian has relaxed its eligibility criteria for life and critical illness policies in a...

COMMENT

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

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Advice firms step up technology use as integration remains key obstacle

Financial advice firms are taking a more proactive approach to technology, but integrating new...

Check launches mortgage readiness tool for prospective borrowers

Check.co.uk has added a mortgage readiness feature to its app, bringing together credit, affordability,...

Yorkshire BS team raises £1,000 with 198km treadmill challenge

Seven Yorkshire Building Society colleagues have completed a 198km treadmill ultramarathon to raise money...

The Monmouthshire expands mortgage platform pilot to more intermediaries

Monmouthshire Building Society has widened the intermediary pilot of its new mortgage origination platform,...

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