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Broker satisfaction with lenders remains high

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has released its Mortgage Lender Benchmark...

Rosemount recruits with one eye on tech

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection and financial planning network, has made a...

HTB provides £11m loan for student flats scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £10.92 million development finance facility to fund...

OSB explores psychology of home buying and renting

74% of Brits aspire to buy their own home, according to research by OSB...

Landbay unveils new Limited Edition remortgage products

Landbay has bolstered its product proposition with the launch of a new limited edition...

ONP Solicitors opens new Cardiff office

ONP Solicitors, part of home moving group Movera, is to open its first office...

Hilco provides £21.3m dev exit loan

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has provided a family-owned London property developer with a...

Gen H cuts rates for fourth consecutive week

Gen H has announced rate reductions for the fourth time in as many weeks. The...

Aldermore supports management buy-in with asset finance facility

Aldermore bank has provided a multi-million pound asset based lending (ABL) facility to Astwood...

Suros Capital funds renovation of student flats within 24 hours

Suros Capital has provided a fast funding solution for a client who needed a...

Market Financial Solutions extends institutional funding line

Market Financial Solutions has renegotiated and extended an institutional funding line worth £1.5 billion...

Paragon Bank’s new limited edition BTL rates start at 4.74%

Paragon Bank has launched limited edition five-year fixed-rate deals at 65% loan to value...

Surprise as house prices surge at fastest rate in two years

House prices in the UK rose at their quickest pace in two years in...

West One lowers buy-to-let rates

West One Loans has cut rates in its buy-to-let range by up to 15...

COMMENT

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

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Brokers warned of AI fraud threat as lender detects suspicious activity

Mortgage brokers have been warned that the growing use of artificial intelligence could expose...

Mortgage brokers warn DIPs are giving borrowers false confidence

Mortgage brokers have warned that decisions in principle (DIPs) are giving some borrowers false...

Bellway backs Your First Home as mortgage costs hit demand

Bellway has backed the government's proposed Your First Home scheme as the housebuilder warned...

SPF eyes broader proposition as it transitions to Howden Private Clients

SPF Private Clients is preparing to broaden its proposition beyond mortgages and protection as...

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