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Lloyds CEO to step down

António Horta-Osório has informed the board of Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) of his intention...

AMI welcomes intermediary fee and levy savings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its policy statement and ‘made rules’ for...

Paragon resumes physical valuations in Scotland & Wales

Paragon Bank has announced that surveyors will recommence physical valuations of properties in Scotland...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands buy-to-let panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of Paragon’s buy-to-let range to its panel. It represents...

CA provides guidance on ‘local lockdown’ house moves

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has provided member firms and affiliates with guidance on how...

NatWest and Add To My Mortgage in green home initiative

NatWest and Add To My Mortgage have announced funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

Advisers want future mix of face-to-face and virtual events

The SimplyBiz Group will now deliver a hybrid event programme, in line with feedback...

Simply Business partners with DAS Legal Expenses

Simply Business, a provider of SME and landlord insurance, has appointed DAS Legal Expenses...

LMS optimistic for “more confident and stable” remortgage market

LMS has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through the Covid-19...

SM&CR implementation time extended

The Treasury has amended legislation to extend the first assessment of Fit and Proper...

More2life launches first stage of Iress integration

Iress has unveiled the first part of an integration with the more2life API (application...

Coventry for Intermediaries appoints head of intermediary relationships

Coventry for Intermediaries has announced the appointment of Jonathan Stinton as head of intermediary...

Equity release demand could rise from interest-only ‘crunch’

An ‘interest-only mortgage crunch’ could see a wave of over-55s looking to equity release...

Foundation reverts to pre-lockdown BTL offering

Foundation Home Loans has returned its buy-to-let product range to its pre-lockdown structure with...

COMMENT

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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Foundation backs complex Oxfordshire holiday-let purchase

Foundation has provided a £153,700 mortgage for an experienced landlord buying a newly developed...

Openwork adds Perenna and West One to mortgage panel

The Openwork Partnership has added Perenna and West One to its mortgage lending panel,...

Bank of England holds rate at 3.75% as energy risks cloud outlook

The Bank of England has kept Bank Rate at 3.75% amid concern that higher...

TML and Bluestone cut selected residential mortgage rates

The Mortgage Lender and Bluestone Mortgages have reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up...

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