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Gatehouse Bank wants government to help unlock Islamic finance

Gatehouse Bank has published a report containing four leading recommendations for the UK government...

Shepherds Friendly appoints NED

Shepherds Friendly has announced the appointment of Oliver Laird as a non-executive director. Laird (pictured)...

Rightmove calls on government to extend the stamp duty deadline to help 74,000 home-movers

Rightmove is calling for an extension to the stamp duty deadline after research revealed...

Hope Capital launches fast-track bridging

Hope Capital has introduced a residential fast-track bridging loan, designed to help homebuyers secure...

Standard Life Home Finance to hold online later life lending clinics

Standard Life Home Finance, is hosting a series of online clinics for at advisers...

Bridging loan books surpass £10bn

UK bridging lending has reached a new milestone, with loan books exceeding £10 billion...

Virgin Money cuts purchase and PT rates

Virgin Money has announced a series of rate reductions across its purchase and product...

Arc & Co. appoints asset finance adviser

Arc & Co. has appointed Edward Raynor as asset finance adviser. Raynor (pictured) has a...

Time Finance provides multi-product funding to engineering firm

Time Finance has provided a specialist £650k asset-based lending facility to engineering firm, SpeedFlex,...

Barclays appointee to lead mortgages, savings and insurance

Barclays UK has announced the appointment of Jatin Patel to its executive team, where...

Darlington BS extends MSO partnership with finova

Darlington Building Society (DBS) has announced an early extension of its partnership with finova,...

Stonebridge sets completions record

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has revealed that its advisers arranged a record £13.5bn...

Equifax UK supports lender sustainability reporting

Equifax UK has unveiled its Financed Emissions Calculator, a cloud-based tool designed to help...

Enra completes £320m securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance, the parent company of West One Loans, has successfully completed its...
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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,...
First-time buyers

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...
Later Life

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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