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Atom bank to cover all emissions with woodland purchase

Atom bank has bought 25 acres of newly planted broadleaf woodland in Northumberland to...

Perenna in new partnership with HLP

Perenna has formed a new partnership with HL Partnership (HLP) to provide the network's...

Later Life Lending Network to go Great Gatsby with gala dinner

The Later Life Lending Network has revealed details of its Annual Conference, which will...

Hanley Economic mortgage balances up nearly 10%

Hanley Economic Building Society has published its annual results, with mortgage balances rising to £379.62m...

Advise Wise partners with Comentis for vulnerability support

Advise Wise is to team up with Comentis, the duty of care assessment company,...

National Friendly backs BMI on the Exchange

National Friendly has become the latest provider to support BMI questions on the income...

Hope Capital unveils clean credit loan

Hope Capital has launched a new product for borrowers with 'good' or 'excellent' credit. The...

Catalyst reduces property finance rates

Catalyst Property Finance has lowered rates across its property finance range, including lower-cost loans...

Stamp Duty payments “set to double by 2030”

Homebuyers are set to pay 110% more in Stamp Duty by 2030, according to...

Former regulator becomes Afin Bank NED

Afin Bank has appointed David Kenmir as an independent non-executive director (NED). Kenmir has over...

Atom bank slashes variable and fixed commercial rates

Atom bank has reduced the rates on its commercial mortgage range by up to...

Old face returns to Foundation

Foundation Home Loans' Solutions by Foundation brand has welcomed David Wheatley back to the...

Suffolk BS extends BDM coverage

Suffolk Building Society is extending telephone business development management (BDM) support to four additional...

Advisers lose confidence in their own businesses

Adviser confidence in the prospects of the intermediary mortgage market remain stable but confidence...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

Mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in almost two years

Fixed mortgage rates have recorded their biggest monthly reductions for almost two years, as...

Solo first-time buyers face almost a decade of saving before they can buy

Solo first-time buyers face saving for almost a decade before they can afford to...

Redwood Bank strengthens underwriting team with senior appointment

Redwood Bank has appointed Omkar Hushing as senior underwriting manager as it continues to...

Confidence in homeownership falters despite renewed ambition

More than half of aspiring homeowners do not believe they will ever be able...

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