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The Ecology appoints compliance chief

The Ecology Building Society has appointed Sarah Kemp to its executive team in the...

Mortgage Brain: product numbers at “post-pandemic high”

 Product numbers increased last week to the highest level seen since the pandemic took...

Accord improves porting products and proc free

Accord Mortgages has enhanced its portability procuration fee, launched new high LTV products for...

Platform relaunches 90% LTV offering

From Monday 29 June, Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of the Co-operative Bank, will offer...

LendInvest offers limited edition BTL up to 75% LTV

LendInvest has introduced a range of updates to its buy-to-let product, including a series...

Trio of promotions at Octane Capital

Octane Capital has promoted three of its senior team. Liam Lawlor has been promoted from...

The Leeds helps 44 charities with Covid-19 support

The Leeds Building Society Foundation, which works to improve the lives of disadvantaged or...

Advise Wise unveils new tree planting initiative

Advise Wise is launching an eco-friendly initiative where a tree is planted for every...

FIBA pleased with BTL webinar series take-up

Specialist finance trade body, the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), has reported that over...

Go further and faster on easing, Welsh govt told

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has called on the Welsh Government to go ‘further’ and...

Hodge improves conveyancing options

Hodge has appointed ULS Technology as its solicitor panel management service provider. It has 91...

May residential transaction volumes up 16% on April

HMRC has reported that the provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential property transactions...

UTB launches asset refinance and acquisition CBILS products for SMEs

United Trust Bank has launched a range of Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)...

SDL Surveying sees rise in physical and desktop valuations

National residential surveying and valuations firm, SDL Surveying, has published its figures for May,...

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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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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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