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Levelling Up conveyancing forum participants report practical improvements

The third Levelling Up conveyancing forum, which took place on 17 October, saw industry...

Together products now on The Right Mortgage panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has Together to its lender panel. This means the...

Scottish Widows offers new income protection deal via The Exchange

Iress has added Scottish Widows’ new Income Protection (IP) product to The Exchange, its...

Pure Retirement appoints new NED to board

Pure Retirement has announced the appointment of its new non-executive director (NED), Phillip McLelland. McLelland...

OMS extends Sourcing Brain deal

OMS has agreed a further three-year contract extension with Sourcing Brain, Mortgage Brain’s online...

Former Skipton risk chief to chair Leek Building Society

John Gibson is to replace Rachel Court as chair of Leek Building Society in...

Molo Finance appoints international phone BDM

Molo Finance has appointed Agnes Zhang as an international telephone business development manager (ITBDM). The...

Bluestone Mortgages introduces residential affordability calculator

Bluestone Mortgages has become the latest lender to offer an online residential affordability calculator. It...

More2life adds rewards discount to Apex product

More2life has launched its Apex Interest Reward product, a lifetime mortgage which benefits those...

Greater proportion of landlords seeing improving returns

The third quarter of 2024 saw levels of profitability reported by landlords hitting their...

Keystone looks to broaden its appeal among landlords

Keystone Property Finance has made changes to its criteria in a bid to appeal...

Paymentshield revamps sales leadership team

General insurance provider Paymentshield has promoted two member of staff to key sales leadership...

AMI unveils four-point protection action plan

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched Making Protection Personal, its fifth Protection...

EXCLUSIVE: Three Strikes and out! Mitchell exits Purple Bricks

Sam Mitchell has been booted out as chief executive of Purple Bricks after just...
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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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Financial services firms sign skills pact ahead of Chancellor’s Mansion House speech

More than 20 financial services organisations have signed a new agreement with government aimed...
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