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Gen H to show credit commitments to brokers during application stage

From now on, Gen H will show mortgage brokers the details of their clients’...

2023 a record year for AIG Life protection payouts

AIG Life paid out a record £394m in protection insurance claims in 2024. The firm helped...

Advisers see 2024 as good year for protection growth

iPipeline has reported that 47% of the advisers in the UK who responded to...

Royal London strengthens income protection proposition

Royal London has made a series of updates to strengthen and expand the flexibility...

Mark Shelper returns to Pepper Money

Mark Shelper has rejoined Pepper Money as a national key account manager. Shelper (pictured) had...

Atom bank cuts large commercial mortgage rates

Atom bank has announced a series of rate reductions on its commercial mortgage range,...

Word On The Street appoints case manager

Mortgage brokerage Word On The Street has appointed Danielle Beswick as case manager. Beswick (pictured)...

April Mortgages extends HLPartnership distribution

April Mortgages has provided access to its mortgage range to all HLPartnership advisers and...

Increase in landlord appetite for portfolio expansion

44% of landlords intend to buy property in the next 12 months, according to...

Newcastle for Intermediaries launches new digital mortgage platform

Newcastle for Intermediaries has launched a new mortgage platform for its broker partners as...

Optimum Finance appoints senior regional director

Optimum Finance has promoted Paul Green to senior regional director. Green (pictured) will...

Landlords increasingly investing in semi-commercial properties

Landlords are increasingly moving towards semi-commercial property, with applications almost doubling in 2024 compared...

The Exeter reveals Heath MOT take-up

The Exeter has published new data around its recently launched Health MOT service and...

Bathgate supports pub group’s expansion

Bathgate Business Finance has supported the expansion of a local pub group through a...
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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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