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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...

Conveybuddy appoints Chris Smith as regional director

Conveybuddy has appointed Chris Smith as regional director for London and the South East...

Landbay cuts Core buy-to-let rates by up to 0.20%

Landbay has cut rates across 19 products in its Core buy-to-let range, with reductions...

Stowell returns to Accord in regional sales manager role

Accord Mortgages has recruited Kelly Stowell as regional sales manager for London, the South-East...

Treasury rules out stamp duty relief for homeowners downsizing

HM Treasury has rejected a proposal to offer stamp duty relief to homeowners moving...

Nivo revamps website with AI cost and time-saving tools for brokers

Nivo has relaunched its website with pricing and a sample case report designed to...

Atom bank cuts residential mortgage rates by 0.10%

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Near Prime range and most of its...

Melton CEO Simon Taylor awarded Honorary Fellowship

Melton Building Society chief executive Simon Taylor has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of...

Air sets October summit on AI and technology for advisers

Air will hold a one-day summit in Coventry next month focused on how advisers...

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...

Legal & General Surveying Services rebrands as Westmarq

Legal & General Surveying Services has rebranded as Westmarq following its change of ownership...

Market recovery remains fragile as buyer demand improves

Buyer demand and agreed sales improved again in August but uncertainty over mortgage rates...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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