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New director for Linear Financial Solutions

Matt Surridge has been appointed as director of Linear Financial Solutions. Surridge (pictured) starts his...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network sees record growth

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has reported its strongest year to date, with...

Belleveue Mortlakes joins BDLA

Belleveue Mortlakes Chartered Surveyors has become the latest associate member of the Bridging &...

Aspen provides foreign applicant with £2.8m bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed a complex £2,815,000 residential purchase deal. The loan was to a...

Majority of homebuyers renovate within two years of purchase

A significant proportion of homebuyers in the UK undertake renovations soon after purchasing their...

House prices hit record high as market sees early 2025 growth

UK house prices rose by 0.7% in January, reversing a 0.2% dip in December...

SortRefer reintroduces Sort Club loyalty scheme

SortRefer has announced the relaunch of Sort Club, its loyalty scheme for brokers and...

Countrywide Surveying Services hosts forum on property market trends

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has hosted its first Future Insight Forum, bringing together senior...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Market Financial Solutions

Mortgage, protection and financial planning network, Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), has announced a new...

DeepSeek ‘opens new AI possibilities’ for financial services

The launch of DeepSeek’s R1 open-source model has prompted fresh discussions about the future...

Mortgage intermediary confidence dips after October Budget

Confidence among mortgage intermediaries declined in the final quarter of 2024 following October’s Budget,...

UTB ups maximum residential LTV to 95%

United Trust Bank Mortgages has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) across its...

Gen H updates income booster criteria

Gen H has updated its income booster mortgage criteria to allow boosters to live...

Market Harborough adds pair to field-based sales team

Market Harborough Building Society has added two new specialist business development manager (BDM) roles. Alex Doveston...

COMMENT

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,...

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...

L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...

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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