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First live transaction on Mortgage Brain’s Lendex

Mortgage Brain has revealed the completion of the first live transaction on Lendex, its...

New South East BDM for Castle Trust

Castle Trust has appointed James Adkin as business development manager (BDM) for the South...

November “a month of massive change in mortgage criteria searching”

Knowledge Bank has revealed the most popular criteria searches that brokers conducted in November. In...

Kuflink introduces investor appropriateness test

Peer to peer platform Kuflink says it will insist that all new and returning...

Landbay backs homelessness charity

Landbay has partnered with the Cardinal Hume Centre to support local people facing homelessness...

Virgin Money Intermediaries makes lending criteria changes

Virgin Money Intermediaries has announced changes to its lending criteria. Loan to income multiples for...

Where London house sales are most likely to fall through

Estate agent Nested.com has revealed the London postcodes where property sales fall through most...

Barclays unveils resi rate cuts and adds E-Sign

Barclays is makes changes to its residential and Reward ranges tomorrow (5 December). The key...

Propertymark reveals 2019 sales and lettings trends

Propertymark has analysed its sales and lettings data to reveal trends from the year. NAEA...

TMA expands equity release panel with Just appointment

TMA Club has added retirement lending solutions provider Just to its equity release panel. Just is the fifth...

New corporate account manager for Accord

Accord Mortgages has appointed Nadine Edwards as its new corporate account manager. Edwards (pictured) is...

BFS appoints managing director for construction finance

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Jim Davis as managing director for construction finance. Joining...

Pair of sub-1.3% mortgages from the Yorkshire BS

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched two new low rate mortgages. The mutual is offering...

Collaboration aims to help maximise valuations

The ValPal Network and Loop Software have launched an integration which will reduce administration...

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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