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Just Mortgages announces new protection roadshows

National brokerage Just Mortgages has announced it will be running a series of protection...

Alternative Bridging unveils term loan with no ERC

Alternative Bridging Corporation has relaunched its Term Loan, which now features no Early Repayment...

Purchase mortgage searches remain flat

Twenty7tec has published mortgage market statistics for November 2023. It reported that purchase mortgage searches...

Concerns surrounding access to equity release fall

While the over-45s are less concerned about equity release in general, there are significant...

Retirement planning falling by the wayside

New research on the current state of retirement in the UK reveals that for...

Saga Mortgages launches to over-50s

Saga, the provider of products and services for people over 50, has partnered with...

Non-standard insurance sector forecasted to see “unprecedented” growth

The non-standard insurance sector is poised for “unprecedented, dynamic growth” through to 2030, according...

Acre partners with HoneyPro for wills and estate planning

Intermediary platform, Acre, has integrated with HoneyPro, a will writing, estate planning and probate...

Only 7% of landlords plan to sell in 2024

More than a quarter of private landlords in the UK plan to increase the...

Nokkel joins OPDA

Nokkel, the house wealth and fintech platform, has announced its membership of the Open...

Three-quarters of BTL landlords have upped rents in 2023

76% of buy-to-let landlords have increased rent over the past year with the main...

Fixed rates most important single feature to lifetime mortgage borrowers

Fixed interest rates are the most important feature to lifetime mortgage customers, with 37%...

The Brightstar Group outlines promotions and new hires

The Brightstar Group has announced new recruits and promotions to its team. Chantelle May has...

HTB appoints East Anglia BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Mark Newman as a business development manager (BDM)...

COMMENT

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

The industry needs to support Shared Ownership

This week, I want to put the spotlight on Shared Ownership. It deserves to be treated as a genuinely viable route onto the ladder,...

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...

Latest news

Beagle Street expands adviser protection range with Critical Illness Plus

Beagle Street has launched Critical Illness Plus into the intermediary market, offering cover for...

Majority of first-time buyers now face higher mortgage payments than rent

More than half of first-time buyers moving from rented accommodation into homeownership are taking...

Foundation gains workplace accreditation after 93% staff approval

Specialist lender Foundation has secured Great Place To Work certification after 93% of its...

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

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

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