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Net mortgage approvals at highest level in two years

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage approvals for house purchases increased...

Perenna joins Mortgage Intelligence Group panels

Perenna has partnered with the Mortgage Intelligence Group, as it broadens the distribution of...

Brightstar Group launches the Specialist Lending Expo

The Brightstar Group has announced a new event - the Specialist Lending Expo -...

Adverse borrowers less likely to use a broker than 12 months ago

50% of potential homebuyers with adverse credit say they would speak to a mortgage...

Cumberland BS partners with Mast for new broker portal

Cumberland Building Society has launched its new broker portal in partnership with Mast. The new...

Black & White Bridging appoints lending manager

Black & White Bridging has appointed Najma Hashime as its new lending manager. Hashime (pictured)...

Barclays cuts residential purchase and remortgage rates

Barclays has announced that it is reducing rates on a selection of mortgage products...

Mpowered Mortgages unveils two-year fixed rate cuts

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its two-year fixed rate range by up to 30 basis...

James Briggs joins new specialist lender

James Briggs has been appointed as intermediary sales director by newly launched specialist lender...

Norton Broker Services arranges £244k mid-conversion bridge

Norton Broker Services has completed a complex bridging loan valued at £244,000 to assist...

60% of brokers fearful of Budget’s ramifications

The majority of mortgage advisers believe there will be a negative impact on the...

Lender technology still a burden for brokers

46% of brokers are always having to deal with a technical issue or glitch...

Intelliflo delivers 300 customer-led platform updates

Intelliflo, the cloud-based technology platform for financial advisers, has rolled out over 300 customer-driven...

Agility key to brokers meeting client need

Mortgage Brain has reported that brokers are becoming increasingly agile and creative in order...

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Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

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...

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Foundation cuts buy-to-let rates and relaxes holiday-let occupancy rules

Foundation has reduced rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to 0.10 percentage points...

FintechOS: Firms have two years to embrace AI or get left behind

Financial services firms have no more than two years to embed artificial intelligence into...

Financial services must move beyond AI experimentation to deliver real returns

Financial services firms risk wasting substantial investment in artificial intelligence unless they fundamentally rethink...

RAW Capital Partners sets new lending record as product range expands

RAW Capital Partners has reported record annual lending volumes for 2026, surpassing its total...

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