Pre-IPO Equity and Mortgage Underwriting for Qualified Borrowers

12:01 AM, 1st October 2026, 8 hours ago The Welsh government must support investment in the private rented sector and avoid further regulation in the upcoming Welsh Budget. Propertymark has responded to the Senedd’s consultation ahead of the publication of its Draft Budget on 17 November 2026. The industry body is calling on the Welsh…

Mortgage affordability analysis found that 78% of Help to Buy 1 customers and 62% of Help to Buy 2 customers would have been able to buy a local average first-time buyer property without the scheme, as stated in the government’s published evaluation. Thus, 22% of Help to Buy 1 users and 38% of Help…

An advisor’s choice between a “sunset” deal for a succession plan or dropping their brokerage firm to sell an independent advisory business involves one option that is easier and one that pays better. Processing Content With more than 100,000 advisors managing nearly $15 trillion in client assets expected to retire over the next decade, many…

Precise, the specialist lender and part of OSB Group, has launched a new residential mortgage platform, aiming to speed up application-to-offer timelines. During the pilot, average application-to-offer times fell by almost 30% against Precise’s previous residential platform. The lender said some cases progressed from submission to formal offer within 24 hours. Emily Hollands (pictured),…

A credible theoryI have a vaguely defined theory that the single most important part of the economic puzzle is credit. I think that as long as you can see that credit creation is expanding, that people and businesses are taking out loans, the economy will continue growing.  Processing Content But it seems to me the…