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Landlords believe government is against their interests

There is a general air of pessimism within the landlord community, according to research...

Market Harborough BS hires specialist BDM

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Parveen Arora as its new specialist business development...

Countrywide Surveying Services on track for Net Zero five years early

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has reported that it is moving towards its ambition of...

Coventry for intermediaries improves affordability

Coventry for intermediaries has made positive changes to its residential affordability calculator. It has also...

Coventry for intermediaries improves mortgage affordability

Coventry for intermediaries has made positive changes to its residential affordability calculator. It has also...

The Right Mortgage appoints regulatory trainer

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the appointment of a new regulatory...

MPowered Mortgages cuts three-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has made reductions to its three-year mortgage range by up to 30...

PMS and Bankhall partner with Acre

PMS Mortgage Club and Bankhall, part of Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), have partnered with...

Assetz Capital unveils 9.35% dev finance rate

Assetz Capital has announced the launch of a new 9.35% development finance rate, available...

Any Budget pension changes could shift balance to equity release

There is a growing need to shift retirement planning to include wider considerations of...

Grange Mortgages selects finova Broker’s CRM and Customer Portal

Finova Broker has onboarded its CRM platform and Customer Portal with Grange Mortgages. Northampton-based...

LSL appoints new marketing director

Laura Martin has joined LSL Financial Services as its new marketing director. Martin (pictured) joins...

Molo cuts pricing for UK resident fixed-rate range

Molo Finance has announced rate cuts for both two and five-year fixed rate products...

Zurich supports the Exchange’s new ex-smoker questions

Zurich is the third provider to support Iress' new ex-smoker questions on The Exchange...

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...

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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...

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...

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