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Signature Property Finance hires NW relationship manager

Signature Property Finance has appointed Pardeep ‘Paddy’ Heera as the firm’s new relationship manager...

Working To Wellbeing appoints partnerships manager

Working To Wellbeing, a specialist in vocational rehabilitation coaching, has appointed Sam Walton as...

L&C Mortgages appoints Sidney Wager as managing director

L&C Mortgages has confirmed that Sidney Wager is to join the business as managing...

No surprises from Monetary Policy Committee meeting

The Bank of England has announced that the Bank Rate will remain at 4.5%. The...

Gatehouse Bank added to Mortgage Brain sourcing platforms

Mortgage Brain has added Shariah-compliant ethical bank, Gatehouse Bank, to its Sourcing Brain and...

InterBay makes key sales appointments

Commercial lender InterBay, part of OSB Group, has bolstered its broker support with the...

Fleet Mortgages unveils new lower LTV products

Fleet Mortgages has announced the launch of a new range of products, available up...

Mortimer Street Capital completes £7.5m structured finance facility

Mortimer Street Capital (MSC) has arranged a new £4.1m development finance package, a £3.2m...

The Dudley cuts discounted rates and adds new five-year fixes

Dudley Building Society has made reductions of up to 39 basis points (bps) across...

Protection Guru: Consumer Duty can benefit both clients and advisers

New data from Protection Guru suggests that advisers who prioritise best value protection products...

National recruitment firm specialising in conveyancing launches

A new recruitment agency has been launched in the North East with the aim...

Bigger homes driving house price growth as flats lag behind

Demand for larger homes has driven growth in UK property prices over the past...

West One Loans passes major development finance lending mark

West One Loans has reached the milestone of £1 billion of lending within the...

Marine mortgage provider secures £30m facility to support expansion

Promarine Finance, a specialist provider of marine mortgages, has secured a £30 million revolving...

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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Housing market slowdown shows signs of easing, says RICS

The UK housing market continued to show weak momentum in June, although the latest...

Novus Strategy to host Digital Disruption Live event

Lenders and mortgage experts will explore how Home Buying Reform and Smart Data are...

Just one in ten FTBs pay Stamp Duty in the North

Just one in ten first-time buyers pay Stamp Duty in the North, compared to...

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...

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