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Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates across whole range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across a...

Two new roles at Uinsure

Uinsure has announced two new major roles created to lead the strategic focus of...

Brokers seeing non-standard insurance market growth

79% of brokers have experienced an increase in non-standard insurance enquiries over the past...

NatWest revises buy-to-let new business range

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has announced a series of changes to its buy-to-let-offering. The rate changes...

Hodge changes specialist mortgage criteria

Hodge has increased the first death stress on its 50+ product and enhanced criteria...

Mortgage Advice Bureau appoints non-executive chairman

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Mike Jones as non-executive chairman. Jones (pictured) has spent35...

Paragon simplifies BTL deals and updates intermediary website

Paragon Bank has revised and simplified its buy-to-let mortgages offering, removing the differentiation between...

Just 1% real-term rise in weekly pension income over past decade

People on pension incomes have received minimal increases in real standards of living over...

Suffolk BS re-enters 95% LTV market

Suffolk Building Society has returned to the 95% loan to value (LTV) market with...

Hilco Real Estate Finance joins ASTL

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has become the latest lender member to join the...

British Friendly unveils Children’s Critical Illness Cover

British Friendly has launched Children’s Critical Illness Cover as an optional benefit which can...

Kensington improves Professional product range

Kensington Mortgages has made changes to its Professionals product range and also launched new...

Skipton International now on Mortgage Brain platforms

Mortgage Brain has welcomed Skipton International to its Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain platforms. The...

Pepper Money appoints South West regional development manager

Pepper Money has bolstered its sales team with the promotion of Alex Hall to...
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COMMENT

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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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