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Rosemount appoints Contractor Financial as new AR

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the independent mortgage and protection network, has announced the appointment...

HLPartnership appoints regional sales manager

HLPartnership has appointed Jason Whiteley as regional sales manager. Whiteley (pictured) joins HLP from Just...

Gen H joins Mortgage Intelligence panel

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has partnered with Mortgage Intelligence. Bournemouth-based Mortgage Intelligence was established...

Coventry for intermediaries to pay proc fees for further advances

Coventry for intermediaries is now paying business procuration fees on all completed further advances....

Tandem partners with Class of 92 charity for financial inclusion

Foundation 92, founded by Manchester United's Class of 92, has partnered with Tandem Bank...

Atom bank cuts rates and launches near prime deals

Atom bank is reducing the interest rates on its Near Prime range. Rates are reducing...

Buy to Let by Foundation adds new ‘pound-for-pound’ remortgage products

Buy to Let by Foundation has introduced a new group of products, the buy-to-let...

Keynote speaker for Mortgage Business Expo London revealed

Mortgage Business Expo has revealed that the keynote address at the MBE London event...

Later life lending catering for increasingly diverse range of needs and audiences

Analysis of data from the first quarter of 2024 by lifetime mortgage lender Pure...

Majority of brokers expect more bridging business this year

68% of brokers expect to arrange more bridging loans in 2024 than 2023, according...

Pepper Money adds to second charge sales team

Pepper Money has bolstered its second charge sales team with the recruitment of Claire...

Three new heads of department at LiveMore

LiveMore has promoted and appointed three new heads of department across finance, compliance and...

MHBS appoints new national account manager

Specialist lender Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Stacey-Leigh Wood as its new national...

Mutual income protection providers “rapidly” growing new business

Members of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) that provide income protection products now...

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

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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