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Fintel appoints strategic consultant

​Fintel has appointed Dave Miller, former Iress executive general manager, as a strategic consultant...

Hanley Economic BS cuts RIO rates

Hanley Economic Building Society has reduced rates by up to 1.24% on a pair...

Average equity release customer getting younger

Pure Retirement has analysed demographic trends over the first half of 2024 to form...

Paradigm Consulting launches new SDR e-book

Paradigm Consulting has announced the launch of a new e-book focused on the new...

April Mortgages ups LTI limits

April Mortgages has increased its loan-to-income caps. The lender provides a range of 5-15...

OMS integrates with GoCardless

OMS has integrated with bank payment company GoCardless to improve payment process options for...

Paragon Bank unveils edition BTL fixes

Paragon Bank has launched four new limited edition five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages. The...

MFS secures extended funding lines

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has renewed and increased the size of a series of...

West One Loans changes core BTL range eligibility

West One Loans has announced changes to its first charge buy-to-let fixed rate product...

Sourcing funding is greatest difficulty for developers

New research from Shawbrook has found that property developers say funding is their key...

ModaMortgages appoints new BDM

ModaMortgages has appointed George Morgan as business development manager (BDM) for the Midlands, East...

New index shows scale of homebuying affordability challenge in UK

Skipton Group has launched its Home Affordability Index today. It combines data on the...

Castle Trust Bank makes SW sales team appointment

Castle Trust Bank has bolstered its sales team with the recruitment of Nathan Thorne...

CLSQ unveils Title&Tenure

CLSQ has launched Title&Tenure, a solution designed to streamline the mortgage lending process. Title&Tenure provides...
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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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