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UK house price growth steady in March as regional divide persists

UK house price growth held steady at 3.9% year-on-year in March, unchanged from February,...

Asset Advantage appoints sales director to drive growth and broker engagement

Asset Advantage has appointed Gary Thompson as its new sales director to drive its...

Source Insurance added to HL Partnership GI panel

Source Insurance has been added to the HL Partnership GI panel as it continues...

Quality of product more important selling point for clients than affordability

Quality of product (43%) is more important a selling point to clients than affordability...

LiveMore introduces new limited edition deals and rate reductions

LiveMore has unveiled new Spring Special limited-edition rates, reductions to its core range rates...

Propertymark calls for urgent stamp duty reform as threshold changes take effect

Propertymark has urged the UK Government to reform stamp duty thresholds to reflect current...

Nearly half of landlords have no plans to sell despite tax squeeze

Almost half of UK buy-to-let landlords have no intention of selling any of their...

Black & White Bridging revamps senior management to support growth ambitions

Black & White Bridging has made changes to its structure to bolster its leadership...

Sixth version of BASPI launched to improve homebuying process

A coalition of trade and representative bodies, including The Conveyancing Association, has  launched the...

Quantum Mortgages launches new bridging proposition to wider market

Quantum Mortgages has officially launched its bridging proposition to the wider mortgage market. The specialist...

Property transactions forecast to rise by almost 30% by 2030

More people will be buying and selling homes over the next five years, with...

NACFB appoints PR and marketing partner

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has announced the addition of PR...

Product quality now outweighs price in protection conversations, say advisers

Product quality has overtaken affordability as the key selling point in protection advice, according...

L&G appoints Jane Simpson as head of strategic accounts for broker partners at Mortgage Services

L&G’s Mortgage Services business has appointed Jane Simpson as head of strategic accounts where...
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Politics

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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Buy-to-let

Foundation reduces BTL rates by up to 0.25%

Foundation, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has reduced rates across its buy-to-let range by up...
Later Life

Hodge Bank partners with Mortgage Broker Tools

The partnership means Mortgage Broker Tools’ broker members can now access Hodge’s specialist mortgage...
First-time buyers

Cambridge BS opens up 98% LTV to all brokers

The Cambridge Building Society is making its 98% LTV first-time-buyer product available to all...
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Barclays latest lender to cut rates

Barclays is the latest lender to lower its mortgage rates, reducing selected residential products...

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