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MPC holds rates but three members vote for cut

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a majority of...

2025 growth expected in demand for health and protection insurance

The Exeter has published new findings from a nationwide survey of the UK’s insurance...

Cirencester Friendly attains Protection Distributors Group Claims Charter status

Cirencester Friendly has met the standards of the Protection Distributors' (PDG) Group Claims Charter. The...

Rosemount outlines 2025 annual conference line-up

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has announced the agenda for its 2025 Annual Conference. The conference...

Uinsure partners with Suffolk Building Society

Uinsure has announced a new partnership with Suffolk Building Society. Through the collaboration with the...

Twenty7tec unveils 2025 Adviser Playbook

Twenty7tec is providing mortgage brokers with insight into when they are most busy and...

£725k raised for children with cancer at industry event

The recent Children with Cancer UK’s Gala Dinner, which was sponsored by Market Financial...

ONS reports 3.4% year-on-year rise in house prices

Average UK house prices increased by 3.4%, to £292,000, in the 12 months to...

Specialist mortgages take longer, but customers don’t seem to mind

91% of brokers are spending a lot more time completing specialist mortgage cases than...

Brightstar maintains carbon neutral status

The Brightstar Group has been re-certified as a carbon neutral business. The group, which includes...

Tipton & Coseley BS partners with Mast

The Tipton & Coseley Building Society is adopting the Mast Origination Platform to support...

Rental demand to increase with stamp duty threshold change

Landlords believe the change to the stamp duty threshold in 2025 will encourage tenants...

OneFamily appoints non-executive director

The OneFamily Group has announced the appointment of Phil Willcock as a non-executive director...

Market Harborough expands mortgage broker team

Market Harborough Building Society has added new recruits to its broker team, with two...
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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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