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Smartr365 appoints design and experience director

Smartr365 has announced the appointment of Jens as design and experience director. Wikholm is tasked with...

Mortgage Brain: product numbers remain a concern

Mortgage Brain saw more ESIS generated through its sourcing systems in July than any...

Foundation Home Loans allows credit blips to 80% LTV

Foundation Home Loans has added five products to its residential range to provide more...

FCA concerned over credit firms allowing repeat borrowing

The FCA has published the findings of a review into relending by firms that...

Lockdown and stamp duty move making homeowners think about change

80% of homeowners who have thought about moving home since lockdown began, say they...

Northerners see largest relative house price rise

SunLife has revealed that homeowners over 50 typically have almost £130k in property equity. ...

The Buckinghamshire appoints key account manager

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has appointed Claire Askham as its new key account manager...

The Right Loan teams up with Air Group

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has partnered with The Right Loan. Users of...

UTB Mortgages launches WebChat

United Trust Bank (UTB) made another set of mortgage product, criteria and technology enhancements...

Overseas property buyers tempted by stamp duty changes

There has been a notable increase in mortgage searches by advisers around ‘visas’ and...

LV= unveils equity release drawdown product and portal

LV= has launched a new platform supporting all its current products and the launch...

Covid-19: rise in financial gifting sentiment

More people wanting to help younger family members financially following the coronavirus crisis. The survey...

LendInvest funds £10m bridge

LendInvest has financed a £10 million bridging finance loan after the borrower ran into...

Mortgage broker protection sales worst hit by Covid

iPipeline has published statistics for new protection business processed through its platforms in Q2...

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Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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