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Norton Broker Services completes £1.55m bridge

Norton Broker Services has recently secured a bridging loan worth £1,559,000 with Funding 365...

Pepper Money’s second charge journey goes paperless

Pepper Money has introduced a paperless application journey for second charge mortgages. The changes are...

CLSQ introduces LiveEPC

CLSQ has launched LiveEPC, a solution designed to provide UK mortgage lenders with real-time...

Hope Capital unveils new ‘finish & exit’ proposition

Hope Capital has made major changes to its residential finish & exit offering, which...

Just Mortgages teams up with Co-op Legal Services for estate planning

Just Mortgages has partnered with Co-op Legal Services to provide clients with a free...

Record quarter for Roma Finance

Roma Finance has reported a record quarter with three back-to-back record months on completions....

Source Insurance announces partnership with Fairstone

Source Insurance has announced a partnership with wealth management firm, Fairstone. This alliance enables...

Skipton to cut residential fixed rate mortgage pricing

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its mortgage product range at 9am on Tuesday...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries bolsters Flex mortgage offering

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has improved its flexible mortgage range, reducing selected rates...

Dudley BS grows mortgage book by 9%

Dudley Building Society has reported a 9.3% increase in its mortgage book for the...

Norton Home Loans unveils new Optimal deals and cuts rates

Norton Home Loans has introduced two new Optimal plans on its first and second...

Alternative Bridging provides rapid light refurb loan

Alternative Bridging Corporation has financed a £560,000 light refurbishment loan for a property owner...

FIBA partners with Grant Thornton

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), part of SimplyBiz, has announced it has...

British Business Bank launches Growth Guarantee Scheme

Details have been published about the successor to the Recovery Loan Scheme, the Growth...

COMMENT

A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

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...

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HLPartnership sets out leadership transition as Chris Tanner steps back

HLPartnership has announced plans for a leadership transition that will see BetterHome Group chief...

NatWest joins lenders increasing mortgage rates as market uncertainty grows

NatWest has become the latest major lender to announce increases to its fixed mortgage...

Lloyds highlights mortgage support as fixed-rate deals come to an end

Lloyds is reminding homeowners approaching the end of their fixed-rate mortgage deals that a...

Together raises £563m through latest residential mortgage securitisation

Together has completed the pricing of a £562.9 million residential mortgage-backed securitisation, marking its...

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