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3.8 million homes could be freed up by ‘right-sizing’

Alongside building new homes, ‘right-sizing’ could be an important part of the solution to...

Hope Capital rolls out e-learning academy

Hope Capital has unveiled an e-learning platform for its team, providing online modules, interactive...

ModaMortgages announces controlled launch with select partners

ModaMortgages has announced its controlled launch with a select number of specialist distributors and...

Gen H Legal introduces fixed fee guarantee

Gen H Legal, Gen H's independent conveyancer, has introduced a fixed fee guarantee for...

Mortimer Street Capital completes £1.4m deal via dual bridging facility

Mortimer Street Capital has arranged a £1.4m care home purchase in Kent with funding...

Hinckley & Rugby introduces specialist fixed rates

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has unveiled its first fixed-rate mortgage products within its...

Buy to Let by Foundation offers new HMO and MUFB products

Buy to Let by Foundation has announced a number of new product additions to...

Canada Life improves parental and family-friendly policies

Canada Life has unveiled enhanced parental and family friendly policies for colleagues within the...

Many homeowners remain reluctant to remortgage online

Finova has published the latest findings from its report Homeownership In The Digital Age. According...

Aspen competes £1.13m dev exit loan

Aspen Bridging has provided a borrower with a £1,130,000 development exit loan in just...

Virgin Money unveils new exclusive buy-to-let deals

Virgin Money is introducing new exclusive buy-to-let fixed rates on Wednesday 9 October. It is...

Assetz Capital creates new leadership team

Assetz Capital has appointed four senior executives to its board. The board-level appointments will further...

Atom bank appoints chief people officer

Atom bank has appointed Ayshea Robertson as its new chief people officer (CPO). Robertson (pictured)...

Paragon Bank backs Essex development with £25m funding

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £25m revolving facility to refinance the...

COMMENT

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

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...

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LSL Financial Services appoints interim managing director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Piotr Nowosad as interim managing director to lead its...

Mortgage demand slows in second quarter as higher rates hit affordability

Higher borrowing costs weighed on mortgage demand during the second quarter, although Stonebridge says...

Omni Protect becomes first service provider to adopt Beagle Street intermediary proposition

Omni Protect has become the first service provider for directly authorised firms to offer...

Dudley BS rolls out new mortgage platform to all brokers

Dudley Building Society has completed the rollout of its new mortgage origination platform to...

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