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UK house prices rise 2.5% as sales market steadies

UK house prices increased 2.5% in the year to November 2025, signalling firmer conditions...

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience....

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with...

Property chains adding £2k to moves

Property chains are adding more than £2,000 to the average cost of moving with...

Mortgage Brain warns brokers over AI and password risks

Mortgage brokers are being urged to tighten up their data security practices with warnings...

Darlington appoints Michael Conville as CCO

Darlington Building Society has appointed experienced executive leader Michael Conville as chief customer officer...

Atom bank portal enhancements slash AIP-to-offer timeframes

Atom bank has introduced a number of enhancements to the broker portal and back...

Loan.co.uk hires Michelle Westley to drive intermediary growth

Loan.co.uk has appointed Michelle Westley as head of partnership marketing as the specialist lender...

Home of Mortgages taps Street to turbocharge referrals

Home of Mortgages has become one of the first nationwide firms to integrate with...

AIIC ramps up SlothMove stake to 92% in broker push

AIIC Group has increased its stake in home-moving tech platform SlothMove from 50% to...

Sellers willing to pay £300 to secure property sales

Nine in 10 homeowners would be prepared to pay around £300 upfront to help...

Half of borrowers undecided as fixed rates end

More than half of homeowners coming to the end of a fixed-rate deal are...

Manchester movers rethink upsizing as costs bite

Rising mortgage rates and stamp duty bills are prompting Manchester families to shelve plans...

AML regime ‘costing billions with little return’

Global anti-money laundering rules are imposing vast costs on banks while recovering less than...

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Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate. How many documents can it process, how quickly can...

Darrell Walker on LendInvest’s next chapter

After 35 years in banking and mortgages, the former football hopeful thought he might have found the company where he would see out his...

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House price fall fails to solve first-time buyer deposit barrier

Millions of working renters remain unable to buy their first home despite UK house...

Mortgage Mogul targets growth with high street move

The Mortgage Mogul is targeting further growth after establishing a high street presence in...

AFM backs Law Commission proposals to modernise friendly society legislation

The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has welcomed the Law Commission's final report on...

Knowledge Bank records 6,800 lender criteria changes in August

Knowledge Bank recorded more than 6,800 changes to lender criteria during August, the highest...

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