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HREF completes £14.2m development exit loan

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has provided a £14.2m development exit loan to Torsion...

Redwood Bank launches new HMO landlord

A first-time landlord has successfully entered the property investment sector, converting two Bristol properties...

UTB Bridging provides £1.2m heavy refurb loan

United Trust Bank (UTB) Bridging has completed a £1.2 million heavy refurbishment loan to...

Mortgage lending up but profits down at YBS

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has reported a pre-tax profit of £383.7 million for 2024,...

Perenna in Brilliant partnership

Perenna has established a new partnership with distributor/packager Brilliant Solutions. The arrangement expands its broker...

Broker growth in international client business constrained by obstacles

A recent survey by RAW Capital Partners reveals that while many UK mortgage brokers...

Hanley Economic expands RIO and 95% LTV residential lending offerings

Hanley Economic Building Society has added a new two-year fixed rate option to its...

Fleet Mortgages cuts two-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has made a series of rate cuts across its two-year fixed-rate products. On...

Mortgage Brain unveils CRM system

Mortgage Brain has launched CRM Brain, a SaaS CRM system for mortgage brokers. CRM Brain...

Together welcomes new distributor partners and national account manager

Together has announced two new partnerships with New Leaf and Brilliant Solutions. The pair are...

Price gap between houses and flats at 30-year high

The housing market is continuing to register positive momentum in 2025 with Zoopla’s latest...

Target integrates Mortgage Hub with PEXA

Target Group has partnered with PEXA, the digital property exchange platform, to expand the...

Market Harborough BS becomes latest mutual to cut SVR

Market Harborough Building Society is lowering its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) by 20 basis...

Customer vulnerability assessment bias fears “unfounded”

Recent data from MorganAsh indicates that concerns over bias in customer vulnerability assessments are...
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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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