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Finova appoints new director of operations

Finova, the cloud-based mortgage and savings software provider, has announced the appointment of Sebastian...

Connect IFA revamps leadership team

Connect IFA has made major leadership appointments as it ramps up its growth plans...

Butterfield launches fixed rate mortgages for HNW individuals

Butterfield Mortgages has unveiled a pair of new fixed rate mortgage products aimed at...

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates

Atom bank has lowered rates across its Prime mortgage range. Two-year fixed rate Prime products...

Top conveyancer disqualified for misleading 300 students about invalid qualifications

High-profile conveyancer Lloyd Davies has been disqualified from the profession for misleading 300 students...

Paula Priest and Katie Newell-Tucker join Birmingham Bank as Andy Virgo is promoted to director of sales

Paula Priest and Katie Newell-Tucker have joined the commercial team at specialist buy-to-let lender...

Merryoaks arranges £5.9m Essex development deal

Merryoaks Property Finance has announced the completion of a £5.9m development loan with United...

Mark Snape joins The Moving Portal

The Moving Portal has announced the appointment of Mark Snape as its first chief growth...

Fleet cuts five-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has made a series of 15 basis point (bps) cuts to its...

United Trust Bank reports record loan book for 2024

United Trust Bank (UTB) closed 2024 on a strong note, reporting robust financial performance...

Record high for challenger and specialist bank lending

Challenger and specialist banks’ share of gross lending is the highest on record -...

Coventry BS joins Financial Services Skills Commission

Coventry Building Society has joined the Financial Services Skills Commission, in a bid to...

MBE North 2025 outlines seminar line-up

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has published its seminar programme for MBE North 2025, taking...

Rents rising at slowest rate in 3.5 years and challenges ahead for landlords

The latest analysis from Zoopla reveals that UK rents for new lets have increased...
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Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

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...

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Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

In a week that saw more than 20 lenders reduce their fixed mortgage rates,...
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Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

Mortgage industry figures are urging the government to review stamp duty for first-time buyers...
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L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...
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West Brom reduces rates by up to 0.18%

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its two-year fixed purchase mortgage range,...

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