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Buckinghamshire BS cuts prime and impaired credit rates

Buckinghamshire Building Society has repriced its product offering, with rate reductions of up to...

OneFamily appoints head of data strategy

The OneFamily Group has appointed Jose Cruz da Angela as head of data strategy. He...

HTB unveils dual representation for bridging

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced dual representation for bridging cases and expanded its...

MHBS cuts bridging finance rates

Market Harborough Building Society has lowered its bridging rates by up to two basis...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries improves criteria

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has made changes to its Income Flex product criteria,...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Loans Warehouse

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has announced a new partnership with Loans Warehouse. The arrangement will...

Hope Capital provides £14m funding for three deals

Hope Capital has completed three cases for a repeat borrower totalling £14m. Working with Chris...

Early 2040s will see retirement income crisis point reached

The UK is less than two decades from crisis point where nearly three in...

Economic potential of UK home building revealed

In 2023, home building in England and Wales generated £53.3bn of economic output and...

Royal London looks for new chair

Royal London's chair, Kevin Parry, has informed the insurance firm's board that he does...

Barclays cuts rates and unveils new products

Barclays is launching a range of new products designed to appeal to first-time buyers...

Residential by Foundation launches Limited Edition remortgage fixes

Residential by Foundation has announced the launch of new Limited Edition, Remortgage Only, Fee-assisted...

Rental yield rises slow down

Fleet Mortgages has published the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q3...

Gen H updates policy for utilities and communications defaults

Gen H has announced updates to how it treats missed utilities and communications payments...
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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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