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Industry NHS fundraising tournament launched

Brilliant Solutions has launched an NHS fundraiser open to anybody connected to the mortgage...

eKeeper partners with Paymentshield

Mortgage advisers using eKeeper’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system will now have access to...

Shawbrook improves valuation approach and resumes Scotland lending

Shawbrook has revised its approach in support of desktop valuations during lockdown, where valuers...

Later life lending sector ended 2019 on a high

The Spring 2020 Market Report from the Equity Release Council has revealed that equity...

A third of UK SMEs “to run out of cash” by July

One-third of SMEs in the UK won't be able to cover their costs by...

West One Loans joins IMLA

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has revealed that West One Loans has become...

Air Group unveils new version of platform

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has launched a new version of its Air Sourcing...

MFS teams up with restaurant to support NHS workers

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has partnered with fine-dining Indian restaurant Benares, to provide free...

Accord unveils new buy-to-let remortgage deals

Accord Buy To Let has expanded its remortgage product range. There are 13 new products...

Phoebus Software appoints new COO  

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has appointed Mehran Radfar to be its new chief operating...

Tenet appoints group risk and regulatory director

Caroline Bradley, Tenet’s group risk and regulatory director, has decided to step down from...

Weekly ESIS volumes down 46.6% on pre-Covid levels

Mortgage Brain has reported a stabilisation in product numbers and a smaller fall in...

Mortgage Brain launches Coronavirus information centre

Mortgage Brain has launched a reference centre for intermediaries to help them keep up...

TRM Network issues online event calendar

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has set up a digital events calendar following...

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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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...

Stamp duty deters half of over-65s from moving

Half of over-65s see stamp duty as a barrier to moving home, despite 58%...

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