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IMLA outlines its housing priorities for Budget

IMLA wants the government to apply a ‘big thinking’ approach to housing in its...

Barclays mades widespread residential rate cuts

Barclays has made changes to a selection of products across its residential, buy-to-let and...

Foundation Home Loans partners with The Mortgage Trading Company

Foundation Home Loans has joined the lender panel of packager firm, The Mortgage Trading Company. The...

Eligible.ai creates advisory board

Eligible.ai has assembled a new advisory board, comprised of mortgage industry figures. Eligible says it...

The Leeds cuts 95% LTV rate

The Leeds Building Society has made a 0.40 percentage point rate reduction on its...

Newcastle Intermediaries added to Mortgage Intelligence’s lender panel

Newcastle Intermediaries has joined Mortgage Intelligence’s lender panel. The appointment gives more than 400 network...

Legal & General Mortgage Club reveals spring roadshow programme

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced of the launch of its 2020 Spring...

The Nottingham improves RIO offering

The Nottingham Building Society has reduced the rate of its Retirement Interest Only (RIO)...

MT Finance joins MCI Club panel

MCI Club members can now access MT Finance's range of first and second charge...

Openwork appoints regional recruitment manager

Openwork has recruited Tracey Saunders to the role of regional recruitment manager. She joins the...

Shawbrook provides £500k second charge

Shawbrook Bank has provided a second charge loan, totalling £500,000, in order to save...

LendInvest funds £12m development project

LendInvest has financed a £12 million development finance loan in under eight weeks, with...

Skipton receives maximum sustainability rating 

Skipton International has become the first firm on Jersey to sign up to ‘Support...

Connect Mortgages expands bridging panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined the Connect Mortgages panel. This means Connect Mortgages’ clients...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Brilliant racks up a memorable afternoon for charity

Brilliant Solutions was on cue at Rileys as 70 players and several late arrivals...

Rayner rules out rent controls

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls in England, providing greater certainty...

Mortgage Brain adds Uinsure home insurance quotes to CRM platform

Mortgage Brain has integrated Uinsure with CRM Brain, allowing brokers to arrange buildings and...

Nationwide and Accord the latest to increase rates

Mortgage borrowers have been urged to review their options after Nationwide and Accord increased...

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