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Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of...

Sort Group podcast sees industry figures joining conveyancing debate

Sort Group says its new podcast series is attracting strong interest from across the...

CAL relocates to larger Woking headquarters to support growth ambitions

Panel management firm CAL has moved to new offices in central Woking as it...

Conveyancers urged to consider specialist SDLT support as tax complexity grows

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed new HMRC guidance on Stamp Duty Land Tax registration...

HSBC to continue broker fraud prevention webinars in Q3

HSBC UK is extending its programme of fraud prevention webinars for mortgage intermediaries after...

Purchase instructions rise as conveybuddy data points to resilient housing market

New data from conveyancing distributor conveybuddy suggests purchase activity continued to strengthen during the...

FCA warns firms as fake communications continue to rise

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a fresh warning to firms after uncovering a...

Halfway through the year, are you getting enough from every client?

The halfway point of the year is always a useful time for advisory firms...

Conveyancing Association launches summer webinar series

The Conveyancing Association has launched a summer webinar series for conveyancing firms, delivered with...

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...

Ampla Finance unveils Untangled rebrand as it broadens specialist lending ambitions

Specialist lender Ampla Finance has launched a new brand identity, Untangled, as it looks...

LMS chief executive Nick Chadbourne to step down

LMS has announced that Nick Chadbourne is to step down as chief executive after...

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Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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The Right Mortgage appoints new head of academy

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Rebecca Egerton as head of The...

Stamp Duty could be holding back 300,000 home movers

Stamp Duty costs could be preventing more than 300,000 owner-occupied homes from coming to...

National Friendly joins Primis panel

National Friendly's range of protection products are now available to advisers across the Primis...

‘AI challenges intermediation,’ warns FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today released its long-awaited Mills Review, which sets...

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