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TMA brokers confident of market recovery

Mortgage club TMA polled advisers at a recent event and found that one in...

Time Finance appoints head of marketing

Time Finance has appointed Caroline McDonald as the new head of marketing to support...

GetGround Commercial Finance joins Fiducia Commercial Network

GetGround Commercial Finance has joined Fiducia Commercial Network as an Appointed Representative (AR). ...

Finova unveils new lender retention portal

Finova has launched its new retention portal for lenders. Powered by finova’s SaaS banking...

MIMHC launches Mental Health Awareness Week

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has launched its Mental Health Awareness Week...

Atom bank promotes higher education access in the North East 

Atom bank, working in partnership with the County Durham Community Foundation, has launched the...

HMOs becoming more central to landlord strategies

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business,...

Sinclair concerned by advisers’ mental health

Rob Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has discussed his...

Suffolk BS cuts rates on selected products

Suffolk Building Society has cut the rate on its 90% LTV residential three-year fixed...

HTB appoints bridging BDM for the North

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Anthony Gorman as bridging business development manager (BDM)...

Aspen makes risk and recoveries appointments

Aspen Bridging has appointed Stephen Hickman as senior risk assessor and Kyle Taylor as...

SimplyBiz’s Consumer Duty event sees over 1,500 bookings

SimplyBiz has reported that its upcoming virtual Compliance Clinic, focussing upon Consumer Duty Annual...

Perenna joins Deposit Unlock scheme

Perenna has become the latest lender to join the Deposit Unlock scheme in order...

Market Harborough BS hails record-breaking year

Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has reported record-breaking results for the past year. In...

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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