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Conveyancing Association launches e-signatures guide

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new guide for conveyancing firms to help...

Bluestone appoints BDM for South West and Wales

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Carly Wiggins as field-based business development manager...

Public more optimistic about finances

People are feeling more optimistic about the future, as the cost-of-living crisis eases and...

Bridging loan books reach £8bn

The value of bridging loan books reached another record high in the first three...

SimplyBiz to hold monitoring focussed event

SimplyBiz has announced more Consumer Duty support for advisers with a second ‘Compliance Clinic’,...

Virgin Money unveils new 90% LTV products

Virgin Money is launching new products on Thursday 30 May. It is also increasing rates...

Rise in business demand for bridging finance

Bridging Trends contributors have reported £196.2 million in bridging loan transactions during the first...

The Right Mortgage Network strengthens customer service team

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has bolstered its customer services team including the...

PRIMIS appoints key account director

Jo Blackburn, operations director at mortgage network PRIMIS, has taken on the position of...

21Finance secures finance to avoid repossession

21Finance has come to the rescue of client whose commercial and residential property was...

Hodge, Livemore & Air Mortgage Club back later life events

Hodge, Livemore and the Air Mortgage Club are supporting the ‘Later Life Lending Collaboration,...

Developers want FTB support from next government

86% of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support...

Koodoo in new partnership with Acre

Koodoo, a provider of mortgage technology for UK price comparison websites and online lead...

Buy to Let by Foundation cuts Core and Special rates

Buy to Let by Foundation, the buy-to-let brand of Foundation Home Loans, has announced...

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...

Latest news

Leeds launches 98% LTV mortgage aimed at widening access for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new 98% loan-to-value mortgage designed to help more...

Uinsure secures exclusive Lloyds Bank General Insurance panel deal for advisers

Uinsure has added Lloyds Bank General Insurance to its home insurance panel in an...

Clydesdale cuts selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale Bank is reducing a range of residential product transfer fixed mortgage rates from...

Foundation shows how revised Property Plus criteria unlock Scottish buy-to-let purchase

Foundation has highlighted how enhancements to its Property Plus proposition helped a broker secure...

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