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Gatehouse Bank promotes within business development team

Gatehouse Bank has promoted Thomas Humphreys to the role of lead telephony business development...

Just Mortgages received 52 self-employed broker applications in Q2

National brokerage Just Mortgages says it received 52 applications from brokers to join its...

Equity release adviser’s TV ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a television ad from Age Partnership after...

West One Loans makes three senior hires

West One Loans’ residential team has reintroduced its range of fixed rates and made...

The Right Mortgage revamps Consumer Duty hub

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced a revamp of its Consumer Duty...

LendInvest improves key worker support

LendInvest has announced a new range of residential mortgage products to better serve key...

CBF provides recruitment agency with £2.8m ABL facility

V7 Recruitment, a Manchester-based specialist recruitment agency, has secured a new, flexible £2.8m asset-based...

76% of landlords have raised rents over past year

18% of 10 buy-to-let landlords said they would not raise rents for their tenants...

SortRefer launches ‘Super’ intermediary incentive

SortRefer is offering intermediaries the chance of winning up to £500 every quarter with...

MPowered Mortgages cuts mortgage rates again

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its three-year fixed rate residential mortgage range by up to...

Spring Finance secures third bridging funding line

Spring Finance (Spring) has announced that it has recently completed on a funding line...

Many renters putting off their buying plans

With raising rates and high inflation dominating the headlines over the past year, many...

50% of mortgage applicants over past 12 months affected by product withdrawals

New research from Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has found that half of people who...

CSS appoints director of retrofit

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, has announced the...

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The two-year fix isn’t advice. It’s a diary entry

5.98%. That was the average two-year fix on 5 October, according to Moneyfacts, the highest since mid-December 2023. The average five-year fix: 6.00%. On those...

Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a house deposit, with a 25% government bonus on eligible savings...

Buy-to-let and the next generation of landlords

There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...

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...

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Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a...

Employers struggle to engage staff with financial wellbeing support

Only 12% of employees have used financial wellbeing support provided by their employer, despite...

Defaqto extends Matrix 360 to protection and wealth providers

Defaqto has broadened its Matrix 360 market intelligence platform to cover wealth management and...

Marshall and Cooke join Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

Mortgage’s Got Talent has added two more industry names to its judging panel, with...

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