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HTB provides £12.1m specialist BTL loan

Hampshire Trust Bank's (HTB) specialist mortgage division has completed another large loan as it...

Cherry signs up over 100 providers for new Provider Forum

Adviser forum, Cherry, says it has now registered more than 100 product and service...

Bevan Money applies for banking licence

Bevan Money has submitted its application for a banking licence. The business plans to...

SmartSearch appoints new strategic alliances manager

SmartSearch, a provider of digital compliance solutions, has appointed Ian Wright as its new...

HBSG releases Property Data Trust Framework v2.0

The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has announced the release of v2.0...

Assetz Capital appoints NED

Assetz Capital has appointed David Allanson to its board as a non-executive director. Following...

Clever Lending packages complex auction purchase and renovation

Clever Lending has recently packaged a £146,900 regulated bridging facility for a broker’s client...

Hampshire Trust Bank appoints another dev finance lending manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Russell Higgins as lending manager...

Coventry for intermediaries launches home energy efficiency tool

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a tool on its website which shows people how...

Bluestone Mortgages partners with Experian for Open Banking

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a strategic partnership with Experian to launch an Open Banking...

Legal & General pays out record retail protection claims for 2022

Legal & General paid out an average of over £2.4m retail protection claims a...

Atom bank appoints new chairman

Atom bank is to appoint Lee Rochford as its new chairman, subject to full...

Time Finance strengthen invoice finance team

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Tariq Bourdouane as business development manager in...

Somo joins finova lending panel

Specialist lending firm, Somo, has joined the lending panel of finova. Somo has become one...

COMMENT

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

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Mortgage brokers reach record business volumes as market confidence falls

Mortgage intermediaries handled record levels of business in the second quarter of 2026 despite...

Inflation rises to 2.9% in fresh setback for mortgage rates

UK inflation increased to 2.9% in July, moving further above the Bank of England’s...

New-build asking prices edge higher as regional divide widens

The average asking price of newly instructed new-build homes in Great Britain edged higher...

LGSS targets growth as valuation market becomes more complex

Legal & General Surveying Services is seeking to increase its profile in the mortgage...

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