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Midlands and North properties good for mid-term investment

Post Office Money has revealed the locations which have seen the greatest house price...

Shawbrook funds high-end HMO conversion

Shawbrook has provided a short-term loan and £4 million Customer Appetite Statement to help...

MT Finance expands distribution

Bridging and short-term lender, MT Finance, has joined Paradigm Mortgage Services' lender panel. Paradigm’s member...

Stonebridge conference to focus on protection gap

Mortgage and insurance network, Stonebridge, has provided details of its 2020 conference programme for...

SME funder announces new managing director

Simply, the SME funder, has made five senior promotions. It said the promotions were made...

Resilient 2020 forecast for rental market

HomeLet's latest Rental Index suggests that the rental sector is set to see the...

99.9% of Scottish landlords complying with tenancy deposit laws

Deposit protection scheme, SafeDeposits Scotland, has reported that 290 cases of non-compliance with tenancy...

New anti-money laundering rules now in place

SmartSearch has reminded firms that they need to take action now as new rules...

Foundation Home Loans welcomes five new sales recruits

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its sales team with five new recruits covering both...

Exclusive RIO deal for PMS & Sesame

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have launched an exclusive new Retirement Interest Only...

Smartr365 receives ISO27001 security certification

Smartr365 has received ISO27001 certification from business standards certification body British Standards Institute (BSI). ISO27001...

Three senior appointments at Uinsure

Uinsure has revamped its management team with three senior appointments. Brionie Hemingway joins as chief...

Tweedy and Batchelor to leave Belmont Green

Belmont Green today announced that Anth Mooney, former director of financial services at Virgin...

Legal & General Mortgage Club expands buy-to-let panel

State Bank of India (UK) has announced that its buy-to-let product range is to...

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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