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MFS cuts bridging rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has reduced its bridging loan rates, in a more designed...

Funding Options in Validis partnership for SMEs

Funding Options, the marketplace for business finance, has partnered with Open Accounting firm, Validis,...

Assurant Intermediary expands sales team

Assurant Intermediary has announced the appointment of Liam Nugent as business development manager (BDM). He...

HLPartnership expands with head office move

HLPartnership (HLP) has moved its head office in Worthing to a purpose built building...

Teachers for Intermediaries joins PMS and Sesame lender panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network, have added the Teachers for Intermediaries range of...

Canada Life improves Capital Select offering

Canada Life has made rate and LTV changes across all of its Capital Select...

Oblix Capital appoints BDM for the South West and Wales

Oblix Capital has recruited Andy Gray as business development manager (BDM) for the South...

Just Mortgages chooses 11 new trainees for broker academy

11 new brokers will begin training with Just Mortgages’ broker academy in the New...

InterBay Commercial partners with Sesame Network

InterBay Commercial has partnered with Sesame Network to provide a direct submission route for...

SMP issues SMCR guide for mortgage brokers

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has produced a good practice guide in collaboration...

Older homebuyers most at risk from lack of protection advice

Canada Life research has found that 13% of homebuyers who purchased their mortgage via...

Accord revises buy-to-let minimum income requirement

Accord Buy To Let has made changes to criteria and documentation requirements, in a...

Stonebridge updates Revolution with ID verification

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge has launched RevolutionID, new functionality including ID and address-verification...

Mortgage Brain reveals Affordability Hub pilot

Mortgage Brain is piloting Affordability Hub with Countrywide and Openwork Advisers. This first phase...

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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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