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Saffron for Intermediaries unveils Professional Income Boost proposition

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced the launch of its Professional Income Boost range, which...

Norton Broker Services adds Interbridge Mortgages to seconds panel

Norton Broker Services, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has expanded its second...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates and makes term changes

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.30 percentage points across its...

The Right DA Club becomes Air Ambassador

The Right DA Club has announced its new Ambassadorship of Air, the platform for...

Inspired Lending provides £720k bridge for business cashflow

Inspired Lending has helped a high-net-worth borrower with their short-term business cash flow requirements...

LMS partners with Loughborough BS

LMS has announced a new partnership with Loughborough Building Society. The mutual is now the...

BDLA makes three executive board appointments

The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has announced three new appointments to its...

UK homeowner equity reaches £5.7 trillion

The total value of the nation’s property equity has risen to a record £5.7...

Commercial brokers report increased demand for business loans

31% of commercial finance brokers have seen a growing shift among clients towards business...

British Friendly appoints new head of marketing

British Friendly has announced the appointment of Pouja Barot as its new head of...

Nick Jones joins Access FS

Access Financial Services (Access FS), the mortgage and protection brokerage, has appointed Nicholas Jones...

Time Finance makes changes to senior management roles

Time Finance has announced changes to the roles of three of its senior management...

Gen H launches with Quilter network

Gen H has announced the launch of a partnership with Quilter. Firms belonging to the...

Paymentshield enhances quote process for landlord clients

Paymentshield is now offering an improved experience for advisers when generating insurance quotes for...

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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