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OSB Group provides staff with domestic abuse awareness training

During Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, OSB Group will be providing domestic abuse awareness...

The Right Mortgage to hold June roadshow events

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have announced a range of...

Alternative Bridging makes underwriting department promotion

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Robert Seymour to the position of senior underwriter. Seymour...

Landbay cuts like-for-like remortgage stress testing requirements

Landbay has made changes to its like-for-like remortgage range with new lower stress testing,...

Market Harborough BS refreshes specialist mortgage offering

Market Harborough Building Society has updated its specialist mortgage products, including simplifying its residential...

Co-op insurance offers new renters product

Co-op insurance has launched a new renters insurance product with insurance technology startup, Urban...

Buy to Let by Foundation unveils new short-term and holiday let deals

Buy to Let by Foundation has launched new short-term and holiday let products, and...

GetGround launches investment accounts

GetGround has launched its first general investment accounts (GIAs) - ‘Investment Pots’ - to...

OSB Group makes internal promotions within sales team

OSB Group has made changes to its sales team with a pair of internal...

RAW Capital Partners appoints head of risk and compliance

RAW Capital Partners has appointed a former Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) supervisor as its...

KSEYE partners with LDN to complete £4.2m residential bridge

KSEYE and broker firm LDN Finance have completed a £4.2 million residential bridging loan...

Pepper Money begins new podcast season

Pepper Money has launched the fourth season of The Specialist, its podcast for mortgage...

No surprises as BoE holds Bank Rate

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold the Bank...

Keystone completes its fourth and largest securitisation to date

Keystone Property Finance has completed its largest ever securitisation. Hops Hill No.4 contains £560...

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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Second charge mortgage lending volumes dip for first time in more than a year

New business volumes in the second charge mortgage market fell by 1% in May,...

Building Societies Association signs Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

The Building Societies Association has become the latest organisation to sign the Mortgage Industry...

Sprive urges first-time buyers to plan ahead as Leeds launches 2% deposit mortgage

Sprive has welcomed Leeds Building Society's new 98% loan-to-value mortgage but says borrowers should...

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...

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