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UTB reveals Olympics competition winner

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced the winner of its ‘Summer of Sport’ prize...

Trio of appointments at Omni Capital

Omni Capital has announced three new appointments in underwriting, sales support and finance. Maria Curatolo...

Tiuta International in administration

Connaught Asset Management (CAM) has confirmed that Tiuta International Ltd has been placed into...

George Patellis joins West One Loans

George Patellis has joined West One Loans as head of strategy. He is tasking...

All 99 and no flake

The news a couple of months ago of the resignation of Adrian Bloomfield from...

Complete expands bridging panel

Dragonfly Property Finance has been added to Complete FS's panel of bridging lenders. Complete launched...

Y3S introduces miLoan 3.0

Y3S has rolled out a new and updated version of miLoanbroker.com to mark the...

Scott Thorpe joins Access 4 Finance

Scott Thorpe has joined Access 4 Finance as a co-owner. Access 4 Finance is a...

Lucky Olympic pair win with Precise

Precise Mortgages has revealed the winners of its Olympic competition. The specialist lender was offering...

Large fall in asking prices

Sellers coming to the market have dropped their initial price expectations in July by...

Alternative finance: what’s in a security?

Done the right way, anything can be good security. What prevents it from happening...

Developers: know your market

United Trust Bank has said that the differences between recent house price indices highlight...

Manor Mortgages expands bridging panel

Manor Mortgages has added Masthaven Finance to its bridging lending panel. Masthaven is FSA regulated...

SPF Short Term Finance encouraged by post-launch activity

The specialist division of high-net-worth broker SPF Private Clients expressed satisfaction following its first...

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A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

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MAB sees revenues rise 19% as adviser productivity strengthens

Mortgage Advice Bureau has posted a robust trading update for the first half of...

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...

Market Harborough eases stress tests to support wider range of residential borrowers

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a relaxation of its interest rate stress testing...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 32bps

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled sweeping rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...