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Top barriers to homeownership revealed

New research from Bluestone Mortgages has revealed the leading barriers to homeownership. For 37% of...

Phoebus partners with OMS Originations

Phoebus, the software provider for mortgage and savings account servicing, has partnered with One...

Suros Capital sees growth in art as loan security

Luxury asset-backed short-term lender, Suros Capital, has reported a rise in loans secured against...

Saffron for Intermediaries unveils Professional Income Boost proposition

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced the launch of its Professional Income Boost range, which...

Norton Broker Services adds Interbridge Mortgages to seconds panel

Norton Broker Services, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has expanded its second...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates and makes term changes

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.30 percentage points across its...

The Right DA Club becomes Air Ambassador

The Right DA Club has announced its new Ambassadorship of Air, the platform for...

Inspired Lending provides £720k bridge for business cashflow

Inspired Lending has helped a high-net-worth borrower with their short-term business cash flow requirements...

LMS partners with Loughborough BS

LMS has announced a new partnership with Loughborough Building Society. The mutual is now the...

BDLA makes three executive board appointments

The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has announced three new appointments to its...

UK homeowner equity reaches £5.7 trillion

The total value of the nation’s property equity has risen to a record £5.7...

Commercial brokers report increased demand for business loans

31% of commercial finance brokers have seen a growing shift among clients towards business...

British Friendly appoints new head of marketing

British Friendly has announced the appointment of Pouja Barot as its new head of...

Nick Jones joins Access FS

Access Financial Services (Access FS), the mortgage and protection brokerage, has appointed Nicholas Jones...

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Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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AI could prove critical as later life lending demand grows, Air warns

Later life lending specialists may struggle to capitalise on growing demand for advice unless...

Home improvement finance surges 112% as households invest in existing properties

Finance for home improvements more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026, according...

Younger equity release borrowers more likely to make interest payments

Borrowers under the age of 70 account for nearly two-thirds of more2life's lifetime mortgage...

Chetwood Bank names new board risk committee chair

Chetwood Bank has appointed Melanie Czarra as a non-executive director and chair of its...

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