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Weekly rise in remortgage instruction volumes

LMS has reported an increase in remortgage instruction volumes, following a dip after the...

The Newcastle appoints chief risk officer

The Newcastle Building Society has appointed Chris Keay as chief risk officer. Keay (pictured), who...

LV= unveils protection payment break

LV= is introducing ‘payment break’ financial support for qualifying existing members with LV= protection...

Aspen Bridging maintains pre-Covid property valuations

Aspen Bridging has declared that it will lend on pre Covid-19 property values. The bridging...

Openwork boosts training support

Openwork is increasing its training and education support to help firms improve their client...

Profits up 28% at Mortgage Advice Bureau

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has announced its final results for the year ended 31...

Tenet: members and clients are remaining calm

Tenet has reported that its members are "remaining calm and pragmatic" in the face...

Bank of Ireland appoints North East BDM

Bank of Ireland UK has announced the appointment of Mike Furlong as business development...

Distributor calls for house price indices’ suspension

The Brightstar Group believes there should be an "immediate and indefinite" suspension of all...

ONS: February house prices down 0.6%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that house prices in February fell by...

LLA Ambassador pair fund fee suspension

Air Later Life Academy (LLA) is suspending its monthly membership fees for firms during...

New board directors at the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has announced the appointment of new directors, following the latest...

The Hanley Economic states Covid-19 lending commitments

The Hanley Economic Building Society has outlined its commitment to lend where possible after implementing...

114 mortgage ad complaints dismissed

The Advertising Standards Authority has dismissed 114 complaints made against a TV ad and VOD...

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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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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