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Xpress Mortgages adopts OMS’ CRM

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been adopted by Xpress Mortgages. The intermediary firm, founded by...

Glenhawk appoints head of credit policy

Glenhawk has appointed John Butt to the newly created role of head of credit...

Foundation Home Loans secures new £1.25bn funding line

Foundation Home Loans has secured a new £1.25 billion funding line to continue offering...

360 Lifecycle unveils major rebrand

360 Lifecycle, formerly known as 360 Dotnet, has announced what it has hailed as...

More2life up maximum LTV on Flexi Choice products to 48%

More2life has announced that customers now can access higher LTVs across all age bands...

HTB revamps property division leadership teams

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made two senior appointments within its property division. Alex Upton...

6% rise in LV= individual protection payouts

Mutual insurer LV= paid individual protection claims totalling £135m during 2023, up 6% since...

Aldermore strengthens funding relationship with bridging lender

Aldermore bank has provided a rise to its already multi-million pound block bridging facility...

Hodge launches ‘one-stop-shop’ for energy efficiency

Specialist lender Hodge has teamed up with Propflo with the aim of helping customers...

Pure Retirement ups Classic range LTVs

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has increased LTVs on its Classic lifetime mortgages to...

Residential by Foundation launches new deals and cuts rates

Residential by Foundation, the specialist residential mortgage brand of Foundation Home Loans, has unveiled...

Darlington BS joins Iress’s Lender Connect

Iress has announced that Darlington Building Society is live with its Lender Connect software....

Tuscan hires Midlands regional sales director

Tuscan Capital has announced the appointment of a new regional sales director for the...

Rising house prices for 74 authorities in February

E.surv has reported that confidence appears to be slowly returning to the UK housing...
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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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