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Bibby Financial Services appoints HR director

SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Hannah Bloxham as its new HR...

Generali UK partners with Winston’s Wish

Generali UK has partnered with UK childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish. The partnership will offer...

Younger generations at ease with discussing finances

Younger people are significantly more open about discussing financial matters than older generations, according...

StreamBank delivers £225k bridging loan in Scotland

StreamBank has completed its fastest case in Scotland to date. It delivered a £225K regulated...

Atom bank rescues borrower with five-day mortgage turnaround

Atom bank has saved a transaction from collapse after providing a residential mortgage within...

Fleet lowers five-year rates at 75% LTV

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates by 15 basis points on both its standard/limited company...

Hanley Economic bolsters residential and RIO ranges with four new deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has added four new products to its residential and retirement...

Uinsure appoints chief technology officer

Uinsure has promoted Ross Tyler’s to chief technology officer (CTO). Tyler (pictured) joined the business...

Black & White Bridging reaches 1,000 new home milestone

Black & White Bridging has calculated that it has supported the creation of 1,000...

Twenty7tec and Nationwide upgrade digital mortgage application process

Twenty7tec has announced a major upgrade to its Nationwide APPLY functionality. The update has been...

Barclays to cut five-year residential rates

Barclays is reducing rates across its five-year fixed rate residential purchase and remortgage range. The...

Significant rise in new second charge lending

Second charge mortgage new business volumes grew by 32% in October 2024, according to latest...

TML uses AVM for five-day BTL remortgage

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has completed a remortgage case through its Automated Valuation Model...

L&G’s Beardmore to retire with Hyett set to succeed her

Legal & General Retail has announces that Claire Beardmore will be leaving the role...
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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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