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Significant drop in rate of applications to completions

There was a fall in completions over the last quarter, with only 22% of...

Access Financial Services adopts Mortgage Magic

CRM and mortgage management platform, Mortgage Magic, is to provide mortgage and protection brokerage...

Knowledge Bank’s 12 Days of Christmas returns

Knowledge Bank has brought back its ‘12 Days of Christmas’ campaign for the third...

Estate agents see record October demand

In October, the average number of prospective buyers registered per estate agent branch reached...

3% average annual increase in Scottish house prices

Fraser Steele Chartered Surveyors' Scottish House Price Index has reported data for September 2020. This...

Platform to offer £1k cashback on higher LTVs

Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of The Co-operative Bank, is launching products which will...

Nationwide to expand 90% LTV beyond first-time buyers

From the second week of December, the Nationwide Building Society will be making 90%...

CA launches latest Cyberfraud & Fraud Protocol

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published a revised fifth version of its Cyberfraud and...

New appointments at Stonebridge

Mortgage and insurance network, Stonebridge , has announced a number of new appointments . Recent new...

Roma Finance joins the Loan Partnership panel

Specialist lender Roma Finance has become the latest lender to be added to the...

Virgin Money cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Virgin Money has made a series of rate reductions in its range of residential...

TSB offers cashback product to first-time buyers

TSB has launched a new five-year product in its first-time buyer mortgage range. It is...

David Copland joins Property Master

David Copland has been appointed as Property Master's new business development director. Copland (pictured) joins...

West One unveils limited edition buy-to-let deals

West One has launched a new Limited Edition range of products for landlords. There are...

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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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...

Market Harborough appoints deputy finance chief

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Brad Nicholls as Deputy Chief Finance Officer as...

The Melton joins Mortgage Broker Tools affordability platform

Melton Building Society has joined the Mortgage Broker Tools panel, giving advisers access to...

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