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TSB Intermediary broadens its buy-to-let range

TSB has introduced buy-to-let remortgages over a three-year term, as well as launching two-year...

Summer Budget 2015 – millions hit by insurance premium tax

George Osborne announced a rise in Insurance Premium Tax during yesterday's Budget. This tax was...

IHT changes could cause rush to revalue homes

NFU Mutual has claimed that Gloucestershire, Dorset and Cheshire families may be leading the...

Not making a claim can still cost your clients

I recently read a piece in one of the national personal finance pages that...

The Darlington teams up with Wren Sterling

The Darlington Building Society has signed an agreement with Wren Sterling, a national independent...

The Source to run and work for charity

Source Insurance have put together a team from its workforce to run the Cardiff...

Cirencester Friendly makes key appointment

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Andrew Horsley as its new company secretary and head of...

Stonebridge Group recruits The Mortgage Shop

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has announced Northern Ireland's largest independent retail mortgage...

Openwork restructures core distribution business

Openwork is to divide its distribution business into three specialist business units – wealth,...

Mark Graves to leave Pink

Pink Network has announced that Mark Graves is to leave his position of director...

PI insurer hails collaboration for its lower premiums

Hoyl Underwriting Management (HUM) has reported that a recent audit by Elite Insurance, HUM’s provider,...

Optimal expands team

Optimal, the business protection and employee based solutions provider set up by Holloway Friendly, is...

New AR firm for Stonebridge

Access Mortgages (Scotland) Ltd is joining Stonebridge Group as an appointed representative (AR). The Glasgow-based firm was...

Paymentshield expands business development team

Paymentshield is adding 25 new positions across its business development team. The expansion is to...

COMMENT

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

Latest news

HSBC eases fixed-term contract criteria for residential borrowers

HSBC has widened its residential lending criteria for certain applicants employed on fixed-term contracts. Medical...

Stamp duty and community ties stall downsizing

Nearly three in five over-65s have considered downsizing but stamp duty, family ties and...

Fairfax steps down as Catalyst CEO

Catalyst Property Finance founder Chris Fairfax is stepping down as chief executive following the...

Mortgage fraud rises across every category

Mortgage-related fraud increased across every category tracked by Cifas during the first half of...

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