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Bankhall and PMS reveal new tech upgrades to boost adviser performance

Bankhall and PMS Mortgage Club, both part of Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), have launched...

The Vernon lifts overpayment limit on discounted variable rate mortgages

Vernon Building Society has announced a major enhancement to its discounted variable rate mortgage...

Connect adds April Mortgages to lender panel

Connect for Intermediaries has secured an exclusive network partnership with April Mortgages, offering its...

Suffolk BS expands expat range with new 90% LTV products

Suffolk Building Society has announced the launch of new 90% loan-to-value (LTV) residential mortgage...

Advisers regularly reject later life lending enquiries, new study reveals

A significant proportion of financial advisers are routinely turning away potential clients seeking later...

Saffron for Intermediaries improves development finance offering and extends LTI

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced a wide-ranging refresh of its mortgage offering, with significant...

Allica Bank nearly doubles profits

Allica Bank has reported a near doubling of annual profits to £29.9 million in...

Virgin Money cuts fixed rates across residential and BTL ranges

Virgin Money is making further adjustments to its mortgage pricing this week, with rate...

Perenna backs Gen H’s New Build Boost with new funding partnership

Perenna Bank has announced a new strategic funding relationship with residential mortgage lender Gen...

High-value homeowners drive rise in lifetime mortgage uptake, says Pure Retirement

New data from specialist lender Pure Retirement suggests a notable shift in the profile...

Precise completes seven-day bridging loan to fund family annexe

Specialist lender Precise has completed a bridging loan in seven working days, enabling the...

Dudley Building Society joins Mortgage Intelligence lender panel

Dudley Building Society has joined the lender panel of Mortgage Intelligence, expanding the network’s...

London Credit cuts bridging rates for commercial and semi-commercial deals

London Credit has reduced rates on its commercial and semi-commercial bridging finance products, trimming...

Rosemount Financial Solutions adds MetLife UK to protection panel

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added MetLife UK to its growing panel of protection...

COMMENT

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

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LiveMore appoints Charles Roe as industry adviser

Specialist lender LiveMore has appointed Charles Roe as industry adviser. Roe joins LiveMore with a...

Squirrel Financial Planning grows to seven in first year

Squirrel Financial Planning has grown from a one-person mortgage and financial planning business to...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards...

Mortgage repayments set to rise for 5m households by 2028

More than five million households are projected to see their mortgage repayments increase by...

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