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Saffron for Intermediaries added to FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has added Saffron for Intermediaries to its...

No surprise as Bank of England cuts base rate to 4.5%

The Bank of England has lowered the Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points to...

Hinckley & Rugby integrates JBSP into core mortgage range

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has streamlined its mortgage offering by merging its Joint...

StreamBank hosts industry event at new Cardiff HQ

Short-term lender, StreamBank, welcomed brokers, solicitors, and industry professionals to a reception at its...

Together successfully prices first RMBS of 2025

Together Financial Services Limited has announced the successful pricing of its £276.8 million second...

Mortgage Brain unveils integrated web platform

Mortgage Brain has launch Mortgage Brain Hub, an integrated mortgage technology platform designed to...

Access FS to exclusively distribute new 0% deposit mortgages

Access Financial Services (Access FS) has been provided with exclusive distribution rights for a...

Linear Financial Solutions head retires

Donald Fraser, head of Linear Financial Solutions, is retiring today (6 February). Fraser (picture) joined...

Video shorts ahead of key Bank of England rate decision

Ahead of today's Bank of England rate decision, Newspage asked financial services experts to...

Accord expands £5k Deposit Mortgage to flats

Accord Mortgages has extended its £5,000 Deposit Mortgage to include flats, in response to...

Reward Funding creates head of partnerships role

Reward Funding has appointed Adrian Stalley as its first head of partnerships. Stalley (pictured, centre)...

VAS welcomes six new starters

VAS has announced a number of new appointments. Among the six new starters, Joe Bates...

Arc & Co. closes £26m bridging loan

Specialist debt and equity advisory firm Arc & Co. has completed a £25.67m bridging...

Former LendInvest founder to expand his US bridging interests

Faes & Co., an investment firm led by former LendInvest founder Christian Faes, is...

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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