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Just Mortgages hires Sheffield-based area director

Just Mortgages has expanded its self-employed management team in the north with the appointment...

Pepper Money allows 100% loan-to-purchase price

Pepper Money has introduced new Concessionary Purchase criteria which now allows 100% loan-to-purchase price. The...

Rise expected in bridging capital investment

The recent BDLA Annual Conference heard the view that capital investment in bridging lending...

Suros Capital funds private school fee VAT liability

Suros Capital has helped parents fund the VAT that the government has added to...

Skipton BS recruits head of mortgage lending

Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Simon Farrell-Roberts as head of mortgage...

Black & White Bridging supports St Helens’ tyre garage growth

Black & White Bridging has helped Stone Tyres fulfil its expansion plans with a...

LiveMore appoints marketing chief

LiveMore has appointed Mai Fenton as chief marketing officer (CMO). The new role has been...

SBG hires marketing & brand and HR directors

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced the arrival of two new figures in its...

Vida Homeloans secures banking licence

Vida Homeloans has received authorisation from both the PRA and FCA to become a...

Foundation brands launch new Limited Edition products

Foundation Home Loans' buy-to-let and residential brands have introduced new Limited Edition products. Buy to...

Hinckley & Rugby unveils 5-year limited company BTL with top slicing

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a buy-to-let five-year fixed rate at 4.99%. The...

CLSQ introduces “instant” insured property valuations

CLSQ has launched VerifyQ, a service which provides instant insured property valuations to enable...

Aspen provides foreign national with £7.8m residential bridge

Aspen has provided finance for a high net worth individual with a £7,825,000 residential...

Uinsure in home insurance partnership with Motability

Uinsure is supporting over 7,000 of Motability’s Home Insurance policy holders following RSA’s recent...
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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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Afin Bank promotes Anum Mahmood to national sales director

Afin Bank has promoted Anum Mahmood to national sales director as the specialist lender...
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JammJar refreshes brand as AI mortgage platform prepares for September launch

JammJar has unveiled a new website and refreshed brand identity as it expands its...
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Young men remain far more likely to live with parents

Young men aged 20 to 34 are more than 50% more likely than women...
Bridging

GB Bank joins Mortgage Brain sourcing and criteria platforms

GB Bank has added its buy-to-let and bridging products to Mortgage Brain's Sourcing Brain...

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