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HREF provides £4.5m development exit loan for Dorset properties

Bridging lender Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a development exit loan of...

Alternative Bridging Corporation secures new warehouse line

Alternative Bridging Corporation (ABC) has agreed a new funding relationship of up to £200m...

UTB offering sub-6% second charge rates

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has made rate reductions of up to 164 basis...

HTB creates new business development executive role

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced a new business development executive (BDE) role within...

Benefiz becomes part of Towergate Health & Protection

Towergate Health & Protection is broadening its employee benefits business with the acquisition of...

LiveMore cuts lifetime rates

LiveMore has reduced rates on its lifetime mortgages. LiveMore’s Lifetime Mortgage – Lite pricing...

HLPartnership appoints regional sales manager

HLPartnership (HLP) has announced the appointment of Preeti Ferrier as regional sales manager for...

Suffolk Building Society now accepts JBSP applications

Suffolk Building Society is welcoming joint borrower sole proprietor (JBSP) applications across residential, buy-to-let,...

LHV Bank proves commercial mortgage for luxury event venue

LHV Bank has completed a commercial mortgage for Broxmouth Park Estate, a luxury wedding...

Conveybuddy pledges charity donation with all completed cases

Conveybuddy has introduced a new charitable initiative aimed at supporting vital causes across the...

UK house prices reach two-year high

Halifax has reported that house prices increased by 0.3% in August 2024, after the...

United Trust Bank Mortgages creates new director role

United Trust Bank Mortgages has announced that Barry Luhmann has been appointed to the...

Time Finance agrees increased NatWest funding facility

Time Finance has renewed and expanded its Back-to-Back invoice finance funding with NatWest, increasing...

Castle Trust Bank introduces rate cuts

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates across its range, including Heavy Refurbishment with Drawdowns,...
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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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