The Legal Services Board is joining the government’s new AI Growth Lab, a scheme designed to help legal services providers and technology firms test artificial intelligence products under regulatory supervision before they are launched.
The initiative, which is being...
Specialist lender LiveMore has expanded its lending criteria, reducing the time it looks back at historic credit issues as it seeks to improve access...
Specialist mortgage broker Cleerly Mortgages has implemented Acre’s CRM platform after a review of the market, with the firm reporting higher client conversion rates...
First-time buyers are increasingly being drawn into paying stamp duty as rising purchase prices push more transactions above the £300,000 threshold, Connells Group has...
Specialist mortgage broker Word On The Street has appointed Samuel Bryce as mortgage operations manager.
Bryce (pictured) joins the firm with seven years’ experience in...
L&G’s Mortgage Club has launched a Specialist Academy to help advisers support clients with more complex borrowing needs.
The free programme will be open to 250 Mortgage Club members in its pilot year, including advisers who are new to...
Kensington Mortgages has appointed two regional business development managers to support brokers across its Central West and East regions.
Gemma Davies has joined as business development manager for Kensington’s Central West region, covering most of Wales, Shrewsbury, Birmingham and...
Two-thirds of UK homeowners are using savings or investments to pay for essential building work, according to research from the Homeowners Alliance and the Federation of Master Builders.
The survey of more than 1,200 homeowners found that 65% are...
Twenty7tec has appointed Daniel Edmondson as national sales manager as it strengthens its sales team.
Edmondson (pictured) joins the mortgage technology firm with experience across the mortgage and later life lending sectors, having worked for both lenders and distribution...
Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent to scale its operations and deepen its role as...
Mortgage advertising used to operate in two settings only: either aggressively corporate or suspiciously aspirational.
You were either looking at a couple laughing at salad...
Many aspiring homeowners are postponing key life milestones and enduring workplace and relationship pressures in an effort to secure a place on the property ladder, according to new research from Mojo Mortgages.
The online mortgage broker's First-Time Buyer Sentiment Survey 2026, based on responses from...
The buy-to-let market has rarely stood still in recent years, but 2026 has already delivered more twists and turns than any of us could have anticipated when the year kicked off.
Product withdrawals, swap rate volatility, changing expectations around Bank Base Rate and wider economic...
Equity Release Group has launched a specialist adviser network aimed at helping firms expand their later life lending propositions as regulatory pressures and market complexity continue to increase.
TERN – The Equity Release Network – has been developed over the past three years and is...
