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Safeagent revises Client Money Protection (CMP) scheme pricing structure

Safeagent, the not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, is making changes to...

Industry unperturbed by November fall in property transactions

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published its property transaction figures for November 2024. Its...

Homeowners’ EPC ignorance costing them thousands

New research from Atom bank has shown a major knowledge gap among UK homeowners...

Pepper begins new podcast season

Pepper Money has launched the fifth season of The Specialist, its podcast for mortgage...

Foundation Home Loans unveils fee-assisted legal service for remortgages

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new fee-assisted legal service to borrowers remortgaging to...

MPowered cuts three-year fixes by up to 30bps

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its three-year fixed rate mortgages for new purchase and remortgage...

OSB Group promotions to focus on bridging and commercial demand

OSB Group has announced promotions within its sales teams to "strengthen its expertise and...

Twenty7tec’s Velocity users benefit from Natwest integration

Twenty7tec has integrated Natwest into the APPLY module. It will streamline the research and application...

UTB and Iron Bridge Finance partner over £10m development

United Trust Bank (UTB) Property Development has worked with Iron Bridge Finance to fund...

Advise Wise adds Forever Legal to one-click instruction feature

Advise Wise has announced the extension of its one-click instruction feature to Forever Legal’s...

Sikoia partners with Y3S to improve customer verification

Sikoia has announced a new partnership with specialist loan brokerage Y3S, aimed at enhancing...

Afin Bank opens new London HQ

Afin Bank has opened its new Central London headquarters ahead of its planned product...

LiveMore overhauls unveils new lifetime products and adds drawdown

LiveMore has expanded its lifetime equity release products to further widen financial options for...

Pivot hires head of credit

Pivot has appointed Chris King as head of credit. King (pictured) has worked in banking...
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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

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Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

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