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Keystone boosts efficiency with criteria overhaul

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a raft of criteria enhancements designed to speed up...

Brokers back innovation and urge Chancellor to cut stamp duty

Mortgage brokers have thrown their weight behind industry efforts to modernise the homebuying process...

OPDA and conveyancers unite to push digital reform in property market

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) and The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) have...

FCA takeover of AML oversight a ‘wake-up call’ for law firms, says SmartSearch

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s loss of its anti-money laundering (AML) supervision powers marks a...

Smart Money People launches latest broker feedback survey

Smart Money People has opened its latest Mortgage Lender Benchmark survey, with brokers already...

Graeme Winser joins e4 Strategic board as NED

Digital property solutions firm e4 Strategic has appointed Graeme Winser as a non-executive director. The...

Atom bank expands mortgage team after Newcastle office move

Atom bank is adding new roles to its mortgage division following its relocation from...

HTB appoints Paula Priest as Midlands BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has expanded its specialist mortgages team with the appointment of...

Conveyancing Association unveils 2026 conference theme and venue

The Conveyancing Association has confirmed that its 2026 Annual Conference will take place on...

The Darlington surpasses £1bn in assets

Darlington Building Society has reached a new milestone with total assets now exceeding £1...

CLC wins £750k grant to drive digital transformation of property transactions

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has secured almost £750,000 in government funding to...

Commonhold and AI dominate debate at ALEP annual conference

The annual conference of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) drew more than...

The Right Mortgage adds 4Corners Property to conveyancing panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added 4Corners Property to its conveyancing panel,...

Stamp duty reform faces early pushback

Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to abolish stamp duty on home sales, which she described last...

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Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

Later life lending and the importance of a lasting power of attorney

It’s fair to say that later life lending has moved from a niche corner of the market into a more mainstream space, as older...

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OPDA calls on housing market to respond to proposed reforms

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has urged the industry to engage with the...

Equifinance completes second securitisation as investor demand strengthens

Equifinance has completed its second public securitisation, with the £260 million East One 2025-1...

Research highlights widespread concern over lenders’ tech readiness

More than two-thirds of mortgage lenders are uncertain about their capacity to implement emerging...

Zoopla: Rental demand slips as buyers return

Zoopla’s latest Rental Market Report shows the rental sector entering a new phase of...

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