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Atom bank cuts prime & near-prime rates

Atom bank has reduced rates across both its Near Prime and Prime product ranges. Rates...

Pepper improves self-employed affordability calculations

Pepper Money has enhanced its self-employed criteria, including the introduction of the ability to...

InterBay completes £42.5m portfolio refinance

InterBay has provided financing on a complex refinance deal totalling £42.5m, comprising of 94...

Transaction infrastructure firm joins OPDA

Movemnt has become the latest organisation to join the Open Property Data Association (OPDA),...

Noble succeeds Mielczarek as Chetwood Financial CEO

Andy Mielczarek is stepping down as CEO of Chetwood Financial, with Paul Noble announced...

Catalyst introduces AVM and desktop bridging range

Catalyst has unveiled new AVM and desktop valuation unregulated bridging products. Partnering with Rightmove...

Major improvements in mortgage processing times over past two years

High street mortgage lenders have reduced their average application processing time by 30%, from...

Compliance consultancy joins Equity Release Council

Financial services consultancy and operations specialist, Square 4, has become the latest member of...

Advise Wise introduces platform medical detail improvements

Advise Wise now allows advisers to input clients’ medical information using metric units for...

VAS Panel appoints valuation audit manager

VAS Panel has appointed Rebecca Mohammed MRICS as valuation audit manager, strengthening its Quality...

Gen H appoints NEDs

Gen H has announced the appointments of Maria Harris and Peter Walker to its...

Suros Capital saves property transaction with artwork

Suros Capital, the luxury asset backed short term lender, has been able to rescue...

Barclays adds new deals and cuts rates

Barclays has launched a range of new mortgage products designed to appeal to first-time...

Hope Capital creates new business support division

Hope Capital has promoted Charlotte Holt to the position of operations and finance manager...
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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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