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Technology having positive effect on advice firms

Financial advice firms have made major strides in improving their use of technology over...

Lendlord partners with online letting agent

Portfolio management platform Lendlord has launched a new partnership with online letting agent, Accommodation.co.uk. The...

Accord extends 90% LTV broker-exclusive availability period

Accord Mortgages is extending its 90% LTV home purchase range, available for first-time buyers...

Tuscan Capital unveils HMO offering

Tuscan Capital has introduced a new range of products aimed at investors looking to...

Covid: affordability ‘biggest challenge’ for brokers

The vast majority (94%) of brokers admit that they currently need to shop around...

Air Group launches on-demand adviser event

Later life specialist, Air Group, has launched ‘On Air’, an on-demand event for advisers...

PRS growing in importance for older tenants

A new report from Paragon has found that retiree renters and those in upper-middle...

2020 retirees supporting families with £3,700 a year

New research from later life lending adviser Key has found that 34% of those...

Landbay unveils new 75% LTV five-year fixes

Landbay has launched two new buy-to-let products available at 75% LTV, fixed for five...

Mortgage platform selects Open Banking partner

Digital mortgage platform Koodoo has chosen credit reference agency Credit Kudos as its Open...

Together: we’re open for business during lockdown

Specialist lender Together has outlined its strategy as the UK enters its second lockdown. Together...

SimplyBiz Mortgages appoints equity release referral partner

SimplyBiz Mortgages is expanding on its relationship with Key Partnerships, which sees the later...

L&G introduces group protection package for ‘long Covid’

Legal & General has unveiled a new early intervention care package for employees in...

The Nottingham comes back to mortgage market

The Nottingham has reintroduced mortgages following its temporary product withdrawal in September. The mutual has...

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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Mortgage industry cycle challenge raises £26k for children and homelessness charities

Mortgage industry leaders have raised £26,002 for two charities after cycling 472 miles from...

MTD pressure prompts 22% of landlords to consider quitting

More than one in five UK landlords have considered leaving the rental market as...

MortgageMatch launches AI-ready broker directory

MortgageMatch.org has launched a consumer-facing platform designed to make finding and comparing mortgage brokers...

Virgin Money cuts new business rates and ups buy-to-let PT rates

Virgin Money is to reduce a range of purchase and remortgage fixed rates while...

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