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New residential and BTL deals from Pepper Money

Pepper Money has unveiled new residential and buy-to-let limited editions and has also made...

OneFamily joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added lifetime mortgage provider, OneFamily to its provider panel. Paradigm members...

Cirencester Friendly unveils critical illness support for children

Income protection provider Cirencester Friendly is offering a new member benefit as part of its...

Aspen Bridging appoints finance director

Aspen Bridging has appointed Manjeet Bhogal as finance director, who takes overall control of...

Commercial finance specialist joins Sirius Property Finance

Geoff Vickers has joined the commercial real estate and SME finance team at Sirius...

Canada Life makes additional rate cuts on lifetime mortgage products

Canada Life has reduced the rates on six of its lifetime mortgage products. Four products...

Bridging firm introduces Open Banking

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has launched Open Banking as part of what it says...

Signature Private Finance expands lending team

Signature Private Finance has appointed Michelle Walsh to its team of relationship managers. Walsh will be...

Claims management firm rapped for envelope infraction

Claims management firm U Claim 4 Me Management Service has fallen foul of Advertising...

Growing levels of financial pessimism

29% of Britons expect their finances to get worse in the next year, while...

Santander continues investment in mortgage smartphone app

Santander InnoVentures, Santander Group’s fintech venture capital fund, is leading an expansion funding round...

Roma Finance completes its largest ever case

Roma Finance has provided a loan of £1.85m in its largest ever case. The loan...

Complete FS to distribute Bath BS products

Complete FS has added the Bath Building Society to its lender panel. The Bath Building...

Income shocks hit hardest in Wales

24% of Welsh adults are showing at least one sign of financial distress according...

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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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...

Four in five first-time buyers say schools failed to teach mortgage basics

Almost four in five UK first-time buyers believe their education failed to prepare them...

Rosemount adds 12 advisers as revenues rise by 39%

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) added 12 advisers during the second quarter as the network...

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