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Hilco completes £6.7m bridging loan

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £6.7m loan to a family-owned property...

Together upsizes revolving securitisation to £1bn

Together Financial Services has upsized its revolving Lakeside securitisation programme (LABS) from £825m to...

Atom bank hit near prime high in Q3

Atom bank has recorded a record quarter for near prime lending. The three months to...

Paradigm launches annual ‘reverse advent’ campaign

Paradigm has launched its annual ‘Reverse Advent’ charity drive running throughout November and December,...

Landbay appoints non-executive director

Landbay has appointed Anna Macdonald to its board as an independent non-executive director (NED). Macdonald...

Jenks joins Chetwood Bank

Chetwood Bank has appoints Philip Jenks as a non-executive director (NED). Jenks (pictured, above), has...

Black & White Bridging appoints new lending manager

Black & White Bridging has appointed Susan Ansermoz as its new lending manager. Ansermoz (pictured)...

Virgin Money increases fixed rate pricing

Virgin Money has increased rates on its fixed rate products. The changes took place at...

Gateway Surveyors to hold climate change conference

Gateway Surveyors will be hosting its inaugural ‘Climate Change Conference’ on 14 November at...

Record takes Market Harborough NED role

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Mark Record as a new non-executive director (NED). Record...

Assetz Capital now provides 24-hour dev finance decisions

Assetz Capital is now offering credit decisions on development finance applications within 24 hours. The...

Gen H lowers homebuying bundle and retention rates

Gen H has cut rates by up to 14 basis points (bps) across its...

MPowered Mortgages’ rates cut by up to 28bps

MPowered Mortgages has reduced all of its two and three-year fixed rate mortgages for...

UTB to expand asset finance offering in Scotland

United Trust Bank (UTB) Asset Finance plans to expand its activities in Scotland and...

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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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Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

Brilliant Solutions has partnered with Box Socials to give its members discounted access to...

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...

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