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HSBC Life (UK) appoints head of protection distribution

HSBC Life (UK) has appointed Richard Waters as head of protection distribution. Waters (pictured) was...

Bluestone makes wholesale rate reductions

Bluestone Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its whole product range. Cuts have been made...

Shawbrook provides £10.8m development exit funding in 12 days

Shawbrook has completed a £10.8 million development exit loan for a luxury flat development...

Buckinghamshire BS increases maximum loan on self-build

Buckinghamshire Building Society has lowered rates on its self-build range by up to 0.25%...

InterBay cuts semi-commercial and commercial rates

InterBay has made changes across its semi-commercial and commercial product ranges; including new limited...

Halifax reports 0.8% monthly rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that UK house prices rose in July, following three relatively flat...

Quantum Mortgages completes inaugural securitisation

Quantum Mortgages has completed its first public securitisation, two years after launching. The transaction,...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries appoints national account manager

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has appointed David Jackson as national account manager. Jackson (pictured)...

Access FS turnover up 46%

Access Financial Services has revealed that between April 2023 and April 2024, it increased...

Equity Release Group grows management team

Equity Release Group (ERG) has announced three new hires that will join the group’s...

Five new faces at Catalyst

Specialist lender Catalyst has expanded its lending team with five new hires. Appointments have...

UTB Mortgages cuts BTL rates by up to 40bps

United Trust Bank Mortgages for Intermediaries has announced rate cuts of up to 40bps...

RedArc sees 23% rise in mental health cases

RedArc’s team of professional nurses gave mental health care and support to an additional...

Buy to Let by Foundation unveils new Limited Edition products

Buy to Let by Foundation has announced new Limited Edition products, a new fee-assisted...
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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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Fleet Mortgages broadens buy-to-let criteria for foreign nationals and limited companies

Fleet Mortgages has widened its lending criteria for buy-to-let borrowers, introducing greater flexibility for...
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