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StreamBank adds title insurance to accelerate bridging completions

StreamBank has introduced title insurance on all bridging loans up to £2 million in...

OPDA launches accreditation to champion transparency in property data

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has introduced a formal accreditation programme for its...

Colenko and TWM complete Surrey deal in three days to beat stamp duty deadline

Specialist lender Colenko has completed a £570,000 bridging loan in three working days, enabling...

Sorting it out! Big law firm celebrates five years of growth in Cardiff

Sort Legal, part of the Sort Group, is celebrating its fifth year in Cardiff. Sort...

Calls for urgent reform as probate delays impact consumers and financial planning

The probate and inheritance process is failing consumers, with professionals calling for urgent reforms...

Top conveyancer disqualified for misleading 300 students about invalid qualifications

High-profile conveyancer Lloyd Davies has been disqualified from the profession for misleading 300 students...

Foundation Home Loans unveils fee-assisted legal service for remortgages

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new fee-assisted legal service to borrowers remortgaging to...

Conveyancing Association updates Technical Protocol

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published the sixth iteration of its Conveyancing Technical Protocol. The...

Levelling Up conveyancing forum participants report practical improvements

The third Levelling Up conveyancing forum, which took place on 17 October, saw industry...

CoPSO and OPDA to cooperate on digitising homebuying process

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) and the Open Property Data Association (OPDA)...

MFS adds title insurance across product ranges

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has introduced title insurance across a series of its residential...

My Legal Club adds Holden Smith Law to Express Remortgage service

My Legal Club has extended its Express Remortgage service for mortgage brokers with the...

Thriving through culture

The Covid pandemic provided businesses with a unique set of challenges. Some closed down...

Castle Trust completes £5.4m BTL portfolio loan

Castle Trust Bank has completed a portfolio loan secured on 19 buy-to-let properties in...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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