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Three ‘quick fixes’ proposed to ease UK housing crisis

The Government could take three immediate steps to ease the UK’s chronic housing crisis,...

NatWest partners with Brickflow to deliver API-driven commercial property finance

NatWest has become the latest major UK lender to embrace embedded finance, following the...

Arc & Co. secures £15.75m HTB facility for Old Street airspace scheme

Specialist adviser Arc & Co. has arranged a £15.75m facility from Hampshire Trust Bank...

Helene Brichet appointed chair of Fairer Finance consumer board

Fairer Finance has named Helene Brichet as chair of its Consumer Advisory Board, taking...

Mortgage Advice Bureau appoints Sam Toms to new lender-facing role

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has announced the internal appointment of Sam Toms as lender...

Pepper Money adds no and low-ERC options across secured loan range

Specialist lender Pepper Money has extended its secured loan offering with the introduction of...

OneDome signals future ambitions at Hampton Court OneVision gathering

The OneDome Group brought together its growing family of brands for the first time...

Somo cuts first and second charge bridging rates

Somo has announced a significant reduction in its bridging loan rates across both first...

Paragon lowers two-year fixed rates on 75% LTV buy-to-let range

Paragon Bank has announced an 11 basis point cut to its two-year fixed rate...

The Right DA Club posts robust H1 growth

The Right DA Club has reported a sharp rise in income and membership during...

Quantum Mortgages appoints national account manager

Quantum Mortgages has announced the promotion of Zouhair Mihramane to the role of national...

Pluto Finance opens Edinburgh office to back Scottish developers

Pluto Finance has opened its first UK regional office in Edinburgh as the private...

Zephyr cuts BTL mortgage rates across key fixed products

Zephyr Homeloans has announced further reductions to its buy-to-let mortgage rates, cutting pricing by...

Habito accelerates protection push with key hire from Dynamo

Digital mortgage broker Habito has bolstered its protection business with the appointment of Britney...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

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...

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Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

Life changes could create new wave of accidental landlords

Changes in personal circumstances rather than investment plans could push more homeowners into the...

Remortgage searches jump 40% as borrowers return after summer

Remortgage activity drove a sharp rise in mortgage searches during September, with Twenty7tec recording...

Step One Finance adopts OMS origination platform

Step One Finance has introduced a bespoke loan origination system developed with One Mortgage...

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