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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...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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