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Second charge volumes up 12% in August

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that second charge mortgage market recorded...

Together completes third residential securitisation

Together Financial Services has successfully completed its third residential mortgage backed securitisation (RMBS). The £332 million Together...

Rental values “regulating themselves against inflation”

The Deposit Protection Service has reported that average UK rents rose between July and...

Pepper hires regional development manager for Yorkshire and NE

Pepper Money has appointed Max Hill as its new regional development manager for Yorkshire...

New purchase and remortgage deals from Barclays

Barclays has reducing rates to a number of its high LTV purchase and remortgage...

Fiduciam moves into Scotland

Bridging lender Fiduciam has expanded into Scotland and has now completed its first transaction...

Hope Capital enquiries up 61%

Hope Capital has revealed that the number of loans granted in September is double...

Complete FS latest firm to join SmartrRefer panel

Complete FS has been added to Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrRefer panel, which...

Signature Private Finance hires relationship manager

Privately-owned principal lender, Signature Private Finance, has promoted Nazia Yaqub to the position of...

SmartSearch secures growth equity investment

SmartSearch Ltd, a provider of software focused on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions, has received...

Right Mortgage & Protection Network opens registration for its largest roadshow

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network is to hold its main roadshow event for...

Responsible Equity Release joins SmartrRefer panel

Responsible Equity Release has been added to SmartrRefer, Legal & General Mortgage Club’s approved...

L&G introduces downsizing protection feature to lifetime mortgage offering

Legal & General Home Finance has unveiled a Downsizing Protection feature across its lifetime...

Credit card borrowing by over-55s rises significantly

The proportion of over-55s who have been in debt in the last five years...
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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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Virgin Money to raise product transfer fixed rates

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