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CSS recruits 27 through trainee surveyor scheme

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has hired 27 trainees via its AssocRICS trainee programme. The firm’s...

LiveMore lowers minimum equity on over-50s’ mortgages

LiveMore has lowered the amount of equity required for its standard interest-only mortgages by...

Dudley BS launches lower rate two-year discount residential mortgages

Dudley Building Society has introduced three two-year discount mortgage products for residential borrowers. The products...

Virgin Money refinances flagship Covent Garden hotel

Virgin Money’s specialist Hotel & Real Estate Finance team has completed a £51 million...

MPowered Mortgages takes 75bps off its SVR

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its SVR by 75 basis points (bps) from 7.49% to...

HREF hires senior business development consultant

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has appointed Simon Pollins to join its expanding UK...

E.surv records first monthly house price rise for six months

E.surv has reported that the average sale price of a home in England and...

Most difficult financial topics for discussion revealed

The financial topics that Britons most avoid talking about have been revealed by online...

Sesame Bankhall Group takes stake in new build broker

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has acquired a stake in New Homes Mortgage Services (NHMS). SBG...

Mansfield BS cuts Versatility rates

Mansfield Building Society has added new Versatility products to its offering. It is launching two...

Hinckley & Rugby selects OBV to transform application process

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has adopted OpenBanking Vision (OBV) to streamline the mortgage...

25% using credit to pay mortgage

The number of homeowner mortgages in arrears are up 8% year-on-year, according to latest...

United Trust Bank unveils new brand identity

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced its new brand identity, based on the belief...

Quarterly growth in bridging completions and loan books

The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has reported an increase in applications, completions...
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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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