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Shawbrook unveils ‘Switch & Fix’ for existing customers

Shawbrook has introduced ‘Switch & Fix’, a streamlined refinance process to help existing customers...

Alternative Bridging Corporation appoints new case manager

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed Sirui Liao as a new case manager. Sirui Liao joins...

CLSQ launches bamboo indemnity insurance

CLSQ has introduced a bamboo indemnity insurance product to provide protection should bamboo be...

Four new faces at West One Loans

West One Loans makes four new hires as part of residential mortgage expansion plans. West...

Molo Finance appoints BDM

Molo Finance has appointed Andrea Gizzy, who will cover the areas of North London,...

National Friendly launches non-underwritten cover for ‘unforeseen’ eventualities

National Friendly has launched a new product, Friendly Shield, designed to support stretched household...

Air adds logging feature for CPD

Air, the later-life lending platform, has introduced a new CPD log feature for its...

Suffolk BS doubles its mortgage offer validity period

Suffolk Building Society has extended its offer validity period from three to six months...

UTB makes trio of property development appointments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced three new appointments in its property development team. The...

Assetz Capital appoints development finance relationship director

Assetz Capital has announced that Mark Roberts has joined the business to lead the...

Broker Conveyancing appoints area director for the east of England

Broker Conveyancing has announced the appointment of a new area director, covering the East...

“Marginal improvement” in uptake of home condition surveys

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has reported a 0.9% increase in the number of homebuyers...

Pepper Money reintroduces ‘mid-fee’ deals

Pepper Money has instated price reductions on its five-year fixed rates and reintroduced its...

KSEYE completes £14m dev exit loan

KSEYE has completed a £14.25m development exit loan at 75% LTV. The loan, introduced by...
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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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