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MPowered Mortgages using digital assistant to give criteria answers to brokers

MPowered Mortgages has unveiled a voice-activated digital assistant to provide brokers with answers in...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries adds higher fee products to limited edition buy-to-let range

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its limited edition buy-to-let range to include products...

UTB hire to develop Build to Rent proposition

United Trust Bank (UTB) is expanding its property development proposition by recruiting Andy Thomson...

Five Foxes to return to the road

The ‘Five Foxes’, a collaboration between The Loughborough Building Society, Hinckley & Rugby Building...

Mark Hutchings moves into director role at Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance has announced an addition to its executive team with the promotion...

HTB adds AVM option to bridging proposition

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) option to its...

Pivot welcomes NED to leadership team

Specialist development finance lender Pivot has announced the addition of Graham Emmett to its leadership...

British Business Bank reports 9% YOY rise in Start Up Loans volumes

The Start Up Loans programme from the British Business Bank’s saw a 9% rise...

£200k between the most and least expensive home counties

Investec Bank has published the latest findings from its annual Property Index, which shows...

Selina Finance unveils 85% LTV for Status 1 loans

Selina Finance has improved its Homeowner Loan range, upping the maximum loan to value...

Afin Bank appoints ops head

Rebecca Lewis has been appointed head of operations for Afin Bank. The specialist lender and...

OneDome attracts three million views for its HomeBuyer Service ad

Property platform, OneDome, is celebrating the success of the ad campaign for its HomeBuyer...

Conveybuddy recruits area manager for the Midlands

Conveyancing distributor, conveybuddy, has appointed Steve Emblem as area manager for the Midlands. Emblem (pictured)...

Aspen completes bridge in five days to meet purchase deadline

Bridging lender Aspen ensured completion of a £455,000 bridge in five days because 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,...
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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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