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HTB finances £3.93m pre-let commercial development

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has funded a £3.93 million development finance loan to finance...

Rockstone Compliance partners with Acre

Rockstone Compliance is joining forces with Acre, the intermediary platform, to provide brokers with...

People leaving capital at lowest rate for a decade

The rate of London 'outmigration' has slowed to the lowest level since 2013, according...

Leeds Building Society makes new year mortgage rate cuts

Leeds Building Society has made reductions of up to 21 basis points (bps) on...

Nationwide reports robust end to 2024 for house prices

House prices across the UK finished last year strongly, up 4.7% compared with December...

Stoke tops 2024 house price growth table

Halifax has revealed the top 10 UK towns and cities with the greatest house...

Coventry BS completes Co-operative Bank acquisition

Coventry Building Society has confirmed that it has finalised its acquisition of the Co-operative...

Top 20 most expensive streets all in the capital

Knightsbridge in London was the most expensive street in which to buy property in...

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital has secured additional funding from Shawbrook Bank, which is reveals is in...

PRIMIS partners with Mortgage Brain

PRIMIS has selected Mortgage Brain to help develop and deliver its new broker technology...

Pessimism over economy and personal finances on the rise

A new survey conducted by the Family Building Society has found that homeowners and...

The DPS partners with St Mungo’s

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) is giving tenants the option to donate interest from...

FCA apologises to defrauded peer-to-peer investors

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging people who may have invested in fraudulent...

Scammers now impersonating the regulator

A survey of 200 professional credit managers has revealed that 81% admit their organisations...
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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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