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Brightstar Group to host International Women’s Day activities

The Brightstar Group is holding a range of activities to mark International Women’s Day...

Newcastle Intermediaries refreshes two-year buy-to-let range

Newcastle Intermediaries has refreshed its buy-to-let proposition with a new range of two-year rates,...

Lloyds Banking Group joins Open Property Data Association

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has become a member of the Open Property Data Association...

Surge in usage for the Exeter’s HealthWise app

UK protection and health insurer, the Exeter, has revealed that its member benefits app,...

Two new providers for Stonebridge protection panel

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has announced insurers, Guardian and Zurich, have...

Over one-third of landlords seeking to expand portfolios

38% of landlords want to expand their property portfolio in the next 12 months,...

Industry exit and fees were top topics on industry forum

Leaving the industry and the question of whether to charge a fee for advice...

HLPartnership appoints ops director

HLPartnership (HLP) has announced the appointment of Adam Smith as its new operations director. Smith...

Tony Hall appointed to NaCSBA board

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced that Tony Hall has been appointed to the Executive...

Roundtable held on future of home buying and selling 

In a bid to support improving the home buying and selling process, industry leaders...

40% of renters would move back home to save for first mortgage

Skipton Building Society has studied the increase in the number of tenants who are...

Advisers’ Sustainability Group reveals membership

The Advisers’ Sustainability Group (ASG), recently established by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to...

LiveMore creates new propositions team

LiveMore is expanding its operations with a new propositions team. Samantha Ward, who has consulted...

Bridging Finance Solutions boosts BDM team

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has added short term finance specialist, Andy Morgan, to its...

COMMENT

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

Expat buy-to-let: a smaller world, a bigger picture

There has been no shortage of gloomy commentary about buy-to-let of late, so you might wonder why anyone living overseas would want to invest...

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...

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‘The Godfather’ joins Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

John ‘The Godfather’ Malone has been recruited as a judge for Mortgage’s Got Talent,...

Royal London introduces AI menopause support tool for staff

Royal London has launched an AI-powered tool designed to help employees and managers access...

Your First Home delays could stall first-time buyer market

Delays in launching the government's Your First Home scheme could cause first-time buyers to...

Foundation recruits former Metro Bank BDM to cover eastern region

Foundation has appointed Foz Ahmad as regional account manager for the East, bringing 12...

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