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New Fleet role for Steve Cox

Fleet Mortgages has announced the promotion of Steve Cox to the position of chief...

Shawbrook completes rapid £7.8m BTL deal

Shawbrook Bank has helped a customer with an urgent £7.8m loan to refinance a...

November mortgage approvals highest since 2007

The Bank of England has reported that the UK mortgage market strengthened in November...

Islington the top area for 2020 house price growth

2020 saw some lucky homeowners see the value of their property rise by an...

Stamp Duty holiday boosts over-65s’ property wealth

Over 2020, the property wealth of the over-65s in the UK increased by more...

New Practitioner Panel chair appointed

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Quilter's CEO, Paul Feeney, as the chair...

Hope Capital joins Optimum ELITE panel

Bridging lender Hope Capital has joined the Optimum ELITE lending panel. This partnership will provide...

Foundation moves to speed up conveyancing process

Foundation Home Loans will now accept ‘No-Search Indemnity Insurance’ for purchase and remortgage transactions, with...

Halifax: expect house prices falls next year

Halifax has warned that it expects house prices to fall by between 2% and 5%...

Stamp Duty extension ‘would be good for tax revenues’

An extension of the current stamp duty holiday could be fiscally positive for the...

Source Insurance appoints associate sales director

Lee Denton has been promoted by Source Insurance to the position of associate sales...

Connect for Intermediaries joins Society of Mortgage Professionals

Connect for Intermediaries has become the latest business to join the Society for Mortgage...

Meeting Stamp Duty deadline already difficult, AMI and IMLA warn

Two mortgage trade bodies have warned that the upcoming March deadline to the Stamp...

More2life targets high value property owners with new product

More2life has launched its latest lifetime mortgage, Capital Choice Ultra Lite. The product will be...

COMMENT

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...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

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Hinckley & Rugby widens mortgage criteria for borrowers with past credit problems

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a specialist mortgage range for borrowers who...

Andy Rowe leaves Zephyr after restructuring

Andy Rowe has left his position as head of sales at Zephyr Homeloans after...

TPFG financial services revenue rises to £13m

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) increased financial services revenue by 10% to £13m during...

Finance confidence improves despite economic gloom

Confidence across the finance and leasing industry improved during the second quarter despite most...

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