News

HTB completes fast refinancing of 43-property portfolio

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £6.4 million refinance for a 43-property portfolio,...

Over 40% have increased unsecured borrowing

41% of people have increased their unsecured borrowing in the last 12 months, according...

BuildLoan appoints director of operations

BuildLoan has appointed Chris Martin to the role of director of operations. Martin (pictured) has...

Time Finance expands business development team with new hire

Time Finance has welcomed Sion Street as a business development manager in its invoice...

Clydesdale ups residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing rates on a range of its mortgage products. The changes are...

Bad debt rise hitting small businesses hard

The value of bad debt suffered by small businesses has risen by 127%, according...

Atom bank extends commercial mortgage discount

Atom bank has extended the rate discount available on its range of large commercial...

Vernon BS reveals next chief executive

Vernon Building Society has announced its chief executive, Steve Fletcher, will retire in December...

Gen H cuts rates by up to 25bps

Gen H has announced mortgage rate cuts of up to 25 basis points (bps). The...

MIMHC launches new Q&A webinar series

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has introduced a new series of Question...

London Credit launches development finance pilot

London Credit has introduced a pilot of its development finance offering up to 70%...

Alternative Bridging appoints internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has announced the promotion of Zack Cohen to the role of...

Just Mortgages recruits new area director

Just Mortgages has expanded its self-employed management team with the appointment of James Hoskins...

Enness Global revamps private client adviser offering

Enness Global, the international mortgage broker which serves high-net-worth individuals, has announced the refresh...

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

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...

PROFILES