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H&R BS cuts high LTV fee-free cashback mortgage rate

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rate on its fee-free...

Elise Coole becomes Keystone COO

Keystone Property Finance has promoted Elise Coole to the position of chief operating officer...

Bluestone reorganises senior management team

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a new organisational structure for its senior management team. Under the...

Tuscan Capital to broaden range with new funding facility

Bridging lender Tuscan Capital has secured additional new funding to further support its growth...

Paradigm provides new Experian anti-fraud tools to members

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a range of new fraud prevention tools and services...

AIR Group reveals later life lending award categories

AIR Group has announced the categories for its inaugural Air Awards which will take place...

CSF posts record annual performance in 2019

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported a decade of continual growth with a record...

SimplyBiz Group rebrands surveying businesses

The SimplyBiz Group has amalgamated its three surveying arms – Gateway, Landmark and Sonas...

Knowledge Bank sees continuing mortgage market volatility

Knowledge Bank's latest monthly analysis of brokers’ criteria searches has revealed a number of surprising...

Realrates.com partners with Loans Warehouse

Loans Warehouse has joined realrates.com's provider panel. The existing provider panel is predominately...

Dashly embeds Experian affordability tool

Mortgage switching tool Dashly has partnered with Castlight Financial, part of Experian. The partnership will...

West Yorkshire Money appoints new director

West Yorkshire Money, a whole of market Directly Authorised firm and part of The...

Barclays cuts high LTV purchase rates

Barclays is making a number of changes across its residential, buy-to-let and Reward ranges...

Gatehouse Bank cuts all buy-to-let rental rates

Gatehouse Bank has cut the rental rates on its complete buy-to-let range, offering the largest reductions...

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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