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Funding Circle gains CBILS accreditation

Funding Circle, the small business loans platform, has been approved for accreditation by the...

Gateway launches ‘zero contact’ property valuation service

Gateway Surveying Services, part of The SimplyBiz Group, has introduced a three-tiered virtual property...

Impact Specialist Finance unveils Covid-19 update for specialist lending

Specialist mortgage broker and distributor, Impact Specialist Finance, has introduced a ‘Specialist Lending Covid-19...

Virgin Money not taking furloughed salary into account for purchases

Virgin Money has introduced a new purchase product range and made changes to its...

The Future Adviser Event goes digital

The Future Adviser Event (FAE) has launched a new online event to offer help,...

Royal London revises higher-risk underwriting position

Royal London has made some temporary changes to its underwriting in response to the...

Fiduciam lent £9m in Easter week

Fiduciam believes it is bucking the trend in the bridging market, having lent over...

Uinsure to pay two years commission up-front

Uinsure has launched dual initiatives focussed on remortgages and product transfers, offering two years' commission...

PPI behind sharp rise in H2 2019 complaints

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the complaints figures for regulated firms for...

The Harpenden appoints customer ops director

Raj Bains has been appointed as the Harpenden Building Society’s director of customer operations. He...

Hodge to host later life lending webinars

Hodge is introducing a series of webinars aimed at brokers and IFAs who are...

Covid-19: Stonebridge outlines business continuity results

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge has revealed the outcome from the first month of significant...

Equiniti Credit Services enters mortgage market

Equiniti Credit Services (EQCS) has been chosen by Cardiff-based bank, Hodge, to create a...

Mint Bridging unveils Covid-19 deal

Short-term property finance provider Mint Bridging has introduced a new product for April designed...

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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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Acre adds Comentis vulnerability checks to mortgage platform

Acre has integrated financial vulnerability assessments from Comentis into its mortgage platform to help...

First-time buyer and home mover demand holds up as mortgage applications fall

First-time buyers and home movers proved more resilient than remortgage borrowers during a weaker...

Specialist Hub appoints OMS to streamline client management

Specialist Hub has selected One Mortgage System (OMS) as its customer relationship management provider...

Brokers brace for possible interest rate rise as borrowers turn cautious

Nearly six in 10 Primis brokers expect the Bank of England to raise interest...

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