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Aspen completes £4.65m bridge for foreign national

Aspen Bridging has completed a £4,650,000 residential purchase bridge for a foreign national on...

HTB appoints London BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has bolstered its business development manager (BDM) team with the...

Over half of adults anticipate lower retirement standards

54% of UK adults believe that their generation's standard of living when retired will...

RAW Capital Partners appoints new CMO

RAW Capital Partners has appointed Peter Grange as its new chief marketing officer (CMO)...

Equifinance completes its first public securitisation

Second charge lender Equifinance has completed its debut public securitisation, East One 2024 Plc. ...

Under 10% of Q1 homebuyers instructed a home condition survey

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has published results from its inaugural Home Survey Trends Index...

New fixed rates from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is introducing new mortgage products on Wednesday 24 April. Details are as follows: Product...

Nottingham BS appoints head of underwriting

Nottingham Building Society has announced the appointment of Maxine Davenport to its leadership team,...

Time Finance expands business development team

Time Finance has welcomed Dan Murphy as business development manager in its invoice finance...

Majority of brokers expect fall in adviser numbers next year

The total number of mortgage advisers in the UK may fall in as 2025...

24% fall in annual Stamp Duty receipts

Homebuyers paid out £11.6bn in Stamp Duty Land Tax in the 2023-24 tax year,...

Twenty7tec updates SOURCE to support more complex customer needs

Twenty7tec has announced a new update to its affordability solution in SOURCE, designed to...

CSF sees record growth in first three months of 2024

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has recorded its best start to a year as it...

High-value properties being used for equity release

Pure Retirement has highlighted the popularity of modern equity release products among owners of...
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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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