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15% rise in Q2 equity release lending

Latest quarterly market data shows that new equity release customer numbers increased by 12%...

Skipton BS cuts fixed and tracker rates

Skipton is making a number of rate reductions across its fixed rate and base...

Phoebus servicing over £20bn in equity release

Phoebus has revealed that it now services more than £20 billion of equity release...

Just Mortgages appoints pair of divisional sales directors

Just Mortgages has bolstered its employed division with the appointment of two new divisional...

Atom bank cuts near prime and prime rates

Atom bank has announced rate reductions across its Near Prime and Prime product ranges. ...

Paradigm opens annual marketing summer school

Paradigm has announced the launch of its annual ‘Summer School of Marketing’ which supports advisory...

HTB provides £12.5m loan for NE designer shopping village

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £12.5 million loan facility to support the...

Consumer Duty showing little impact

84% of consumers report no improvement in how financial providers treat them following the...

Pepper Money cuts rates by up to 20bps

Pepper Money has announced price reductions of 20 basis points (bps) across its complete...

KSEYE doubles its maximum loan size

Bridging loan provider, KSEYE, has doubled its maximum loan size. Following an increased volume of...

Gen H cuts core and homebuying rates once again

Gen H is cutting rates across its core and homebuying bundle ranges by between...

LendInvest Mortgages streamlines its residential offering

LendInvest Mortgages has launched a new range of residential mortgage products, with the aim...

Nationwide joins OPDA to transform homebuying process

Nationwide has become a member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to support...

Landbay cuts BTL rates by up to 25bps

Landbay has made a series of changes to buy-to-let product range, with rates down...
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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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