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Leeds unveils game-changing Income Plus deals for first-time buyers

Leeds is rewriting the rulebook for first-time buyers with its Income Plus mortgages, designed...

Majority of IFAs voice discontent over Labour budget

Just a month after Rachel Reeves’s debut budget as Labour Chancellor, dissatisfaction is running...

Atom bank cuts interest rates on Prime residential range

Atom bank has cut rates by 0.10% across its Prime residential mortgage range as...

Keystone Property Finance cuts rates on 2- and 5-year mortgages

Keystone Property Finance has unveiled another round of interest rate reductions for its 2-year...

Landbay cuts rates across 2-year and 5-year fixed products

Landbay has made another round of rate reductions, with rates cut by up to...

Brits turning to second charge deals to to pay school fees

A growing number of Brits are turning to second charge mortgages to fund school...

NatWest cuts rates by up to 39bps “bringing some much-needed festive cheer to the mortgage market”

NatWest is making rate cuts of up to 39bps across selected purchase, remortgage and...

Coreco acquired by OneDome in seven figure deal

Coreco has been snapped up by OneDome in a seven-figure deal that sees the...

Lomond snaps up Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward in landmark multi-million-pound deal

Lomond has acquired Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward (KFH) in a deal reportedly worth millions...

Landlords reveal most important factors when selecting brokers

Buy-to-let landlords place the highest value on brokers’ expertise in tax and regulatory matters,...

The Cumberland adds new sectors to commercial offering

The Cumberland Building Society has expanded its commercial offering to cater to a range...

Canada Life appoints pair of NEDs

Canada Life has appointed new board directors during a period of transformation and modernisation...

FIBA adds Market Harborough BS to lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), part of Simplybiz, has announced the addition...

Gatehouse Bank in funding partnership with ColCap UK

Shariah-compliant Gatehouse Bank has announced a new partnership with ColCap UK. The bank offers Shariah-compliant...
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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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Landlord sales slow following Renters’ Right Act

The share of homes listed for sale that were previously rented dropped to 9.2%...
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Knowledge Bank teams up with Brilliant Solutions for specialist lending cases

Knowledge Bank has formed a partnership with specialist mortgage packager Brilliant Solutions as demand...
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FCA urges firms to strengthen product design under Consumer Duty

The Financial Conduct Authority has highlighted examples of improved product governance under the Consumer...
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Validate appoints Louise Shute as managing director

Valuation specialist Validate has appointed Louise Shute as managing director as it continues to...

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