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Impact Specialist Finance unveils specialist referral service

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a referral service for its broker partners. The service can...

FTB completions at highest monthly level since August 2007

UK Finance has revealed that there were 35,010 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Key Group appoints new non-exec director

Key Group has appointed Gillian Kent as non-executive director. Kent (pictured) has almost 30 years...

Royal London improves income protection for NHS professionals

Royal London has made changes to its income protection proposition for NHS medical professionals. Three...

Leek United relaunches Stoke City supporter offering

Leek United has relaunched its ‘Save and Support’ Affinity Account following its new three-year partnership...

Landlords being kept up at night by property maintenance issues

A new report has established that property maintenance tops the list of issues that...

‘Last-time buyers’ would be helped by stamp duty action

Equity release adviser Key has published a nationwide study which found widespread support for...

New Help to Buy deals from Vida Homeloans

Vida Homeloans has refreshed its Help to Buy products. These updates follow the launch of...

UK SMEs have Brexit anxiety over investing

UK SMEs are least likely to invest in their businesses during the remainder of...

BFS funds £1.65m luxury residential build in Surrey

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has completed a large scale development finance deal, supporting a...

The Vernon offers mortgage to support students buy property

The Vernon Building Society has launched the Buy for Uni mortgage to support students...

Accord cuts rates on over 50 buy-to-let deals

Accord Buy to Let has reduced rates on more than 50 products for purchase...

Pure Retirement unveils YouTube channel

Pure Retirement has launched a customer-facing YouTube channel. It is designed to provide explainer video...

Uinsure partners with OpenMoney

Uinsure has announced its latest partnership with financial advice platform OpenMoney. The agreement will see...

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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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Second-steppers take larger mortgages as deposits shrink

Home movers are turning to higher loan-to-value mortgages as rising property prices and smaller...

Property industry urged to help shape smart data rules

Property businesses are being urged to respond to a government call for evidence that...

Northern first-time buyers pay £10k price for delaying purchase

First-time buyers in northern cities risk losing thousands of pounds by postponing a purchase,...

Virgin Money to raise product transfer fixed rates

Virgin Money will increase residential and buy-to-let product transfer fixed rates on Friday, 24...

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