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Pure Retirement expands Classic Lifetime Mortgage availability

Pure Retirement has made its Classic Lifetime Mortgage range available to a wider section...

PRIMIS adds Vida Homeloans to lender panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network is welcoming specialist lender, Vida Homeloans, onto its lender panel. Members of...

Beaumont to become The Mortgage Lender chief exec

Peter Beaumont is to head up The Mortgage Lender following record performance in 2019...

Paymentshield adds quick quote functionality

Paymentshield has announced the latest development in its Adviser Hub which it claims will...

BEP Systems to provide BTL platform for State Bank of India UK

Mortgage origination software house BEP Systems has been appointed by the State Bank of India...

Biggest rise in insolvencies for women over 65

The number of insolvencies amongst women aged 65 and over increased from 1,109 in...

New Leaf Distribution adds Greenfield Mortgages to panel

Greenfield Mortgages has launched with New Leaf Distribution. Greenfield Mortgages provides FCA regulated and unregulated...

The Leeds’ foundation reaches 20-year milestone

The Leeds Building Society Foundation has donated more than £2 million to charities around...

Co-op Bank appoints SME relationship manager

The Co-operative Bank has announced that Sarah Barker has joined its SME banking operation. She...

Over one-third of brokers expect 2020 rate cut

39% of Brokers expect a Bank of England Base Rate cut by the end...

BoE: December rise in approvals

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage borrowing increased to £4.6 billion...

Pepper’s European servicing arm acquired by Link Group

Link Group has agreed to acquire Pepper European Servicing (PES) from Pepper Group for...

Only 40% of property owners happy with expected retirement income

Research for later life adviser Key has found that almost one in three people...

Central Bridging completes £0.5m second charge bridge

Central Bridging has completed a £550k second charge bridging loan in eight working days. The...

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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