Navigating change: Key updates in lending This month, we take a closer look at the current state of mortgage advising, where shifting market conditions and evolving legislation continue to shape client needs and opportunities. With interest rates stabilizing and lender criteria still in flux, now is a crucial time for advisers [...]

An Egg-cellent start to 2025 lending Quarter one of 2025 has been a very positive start to the year. At our recent National Training Event, L&G Mortgage Club released the insight as a club they are up 13% BUT as a network we are up 30% in lending from Q1 2024! [...]

An exciting start to the year! We have had a really exciting start to the year with completions in 2025 being nearly 30% up on 2024 already! There are lots of opportunities to get involved with product transfers with lots of fix terms coming to an end this year, staying in [...]

We'll see you at the NTE! Our annual National Training Event is being held next month on the 27th. We hope to see as many of your there as possible! We still have plenty of Coffee Mornings and Webinars to keep you occupied up until the big day, so check out [...]

February Roadshows are raring to go! Our Roadshows will be well underway next month, starting on the 4th of Feb in the Midlands. Don't forget to check them out and register today! Midlands Tues 4th Feb - Huddersfield Wed 5th Feb - Middlesbrough Thurs 6th Feb Wales Tues 11th Feb - [...]

Launching our Buy-to-Let Accreditation We look forward to welcoming our hand selected advisers to join our Buy to Let Accreditation in January! Ensure you register your interest from your invitation email sent last week. For those that have do not meet the requirements, you can still take the course, however, you will not be able [...]

Rates show signs of ease amid stabilising economic conditions Throughout this month we've begun to see signs of the mortgage market stabilising, after a period of prolonged uncertainty.  Average fixed mortgage rates have begun to show signs of decreasing, slightly, especially when compared to the highs seen earlier in 2023.  As [...]

The dynamic state of the current mortgage market There’s a lot of rate movement with lenders at present. Many views are predicting another base rate cut in November, possibly a further one before the end of the year? In addition, we could see fixed-rate mortgages reaching their lowest levels in two [...]

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report I was sent an interesting bit of communication this month, and thought I would hand my introduction straight to Paragon: A year marred by economic and political instability; it is difficult to deny that 2023 was a challenging year for businesses across all sectors. This report, [...]

Falling energy bills offset higher rent and mortgage costs ahead of August The latest Barclays Property Insights report reveals that rising mortgage costs were offset by falling energy bills in July, while the Bank of England’s base rate reduction on 1st August gave consumers a confidence boost – even though half of [...]