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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...

Paradigm creates four new business development director roles

Paradigm has announced that four staff members have moved into the newly-created role of...

April Mortgages appoints director of mortgage distribution

April Mortgages has appointed Rachael Hunnisett to the post of director of mortgage distribution Hunnisett...

Enness Global joins Equity Release Council

Enness Global, the international mortgage broker for high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, business owners and...

Halifax reveals GB’s “hottest” spots for first-time buyers

New research by Halifax has outlined Britain’s hottest locations for first-time buyers, where those...

MFS cuts rates across product offering

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has reduced rates on its Bridge Fusion range, which is...

LSL Financial Services recruits director of strategic partnerships

Craig Hall has been appointed to director of strategic partnerships at LSL Financial Services. Hall...

Landlord demand for MUFBs on the rise

Latest internal data from Shawbrook has shown that professional landlords are increasingly adding Multi-Unit...

The Exeter appoints chief risk officer

The Exeter has announced the appointment of Gary Warman as chief risk officer, subject...

Key Advice appoints director of advice and adviser services

Key Advice has announced the appointment of Rachel East as its new director of...

Paragon Bank adds nil-fee two-year fixed rate & discounted SVR products

For the first time in over two years, Paragon Bank has launched a two-year...

Alternative Bridging introduces fees promotion

Alternative Bridging Corporation has launched a new promotion offering to refund valuation and 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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Cost-of-living pressures leave homeowners cutting back on mortgage protection

Rising concern about financial resilience is being undermined by affordability pressures, with advisers reporting...

Nearly one in five private rented homes have left the sector in the past decade

Almost 850,000 homes that were once part of the UK's private rented sector have...

Nivo launches AI assistant to automate mortgage case packaging

Nivo has launched an off-the-shelf artificial intelligence service designed to help mortgage brokers automate...

Bank of Ireland expands JBSP mortgage criteria

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

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