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Norton Group celebrates 50 years in business

Norton Group is celebrating 50 years of providing loan and remortgage solutions. The independent, family-run...

LiveMore cuts rates by up to 85 basis points

LiveMore has reduced rates by up to 85 base points (bps). These limited edition rates...

Sikoia’s AI solution integrates with OMS platforms

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced a new partnership with Sikoia to improve mortgage...

HTB appoints BDM for the south coast

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Chloe House as business development...

Pepper Money to mark five years of its Specialist Lending Study

Pepper Money has announced the launch of its 2024 Specialist Lending Study, marking the...

Inspired Lending provides £5.7m refurb loan facility

Inspired Lending has completed its largest loan to date, providing a £5.7 million facility...

Paymentshield unveils Refer and Protect proposition

Paymentshield has announced the full launch of its Refer and Protect proposition, with the...

Virgin Money makes slew of fixed rate reductions

Virgin Money is making a series of rate reductions to its fixed rate mortgage...

Leeds BS ups support for limited company BTL lending

Leeds Building Society has announced a series of improvements to its service for brokers...

Sharp rise in landlord use of incorporations

Paragon Bank has found that landlords who use limited company structures have incorporated an...

Toni Smith to lead Sesame network

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Toni Smith to the newly created role of...

Foundation brands announce rate cuts

The buy-to-let brand of specialist lender, Foundation Home Loans, has announced new rate cuts...

Signature Property Finance appoints relationship manager

Signature Property Finance has appointed Sean Carbery as its relationship manager for the Midlands. Carbery...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Perenna to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of market disrupter Perenna Bank to its lender...

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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Bank of Ireland expands JBSP mortgage criteria

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has widened its Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage...

Try Financial links with The Insurance Surgery to support complex protection cases

Try Financial has formed a partnership with specialist protection adviser The Insurance Surgery to...

VouchedFor unveils enhanced membership as advisers adapt to AI-led search

VouchedFor has launched Verified+, a new membership tier aimed at helping financial advisers improve...

TMG boss promises Bank Holiday Monday if England reach World Cup final

TMG mortgage network founder and CEO Scott Thorpe has pledged to give every member...

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