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Teddy Nyahasha to become OneFamily CEO

OneFamily chief executive Simon Markey will be stepping down after seven years. He will be...

Castle Trust revamps broker portal

Castle Trust has made major changes to its broker portal, including full online case...

Shawbrook helps client after shortfall in home improvement funds

Shawbrook Bank has completed a second charge mortgage within nine working days. Shawbrook was approached...

Ingard ARs get access to Axis Bank UK products

Axis Bank UK has announced the addition of Ingard Financial to its intermediary distribution...

The Mansfield expands distribution with Paradigm deal

The Mansfield Building Society has been added to Paradigm Mortgage Services' lender panel. Paradigm members now...

LendInvest joins Brilliant Solutions’ lender panel

LendInvest has joined mortgage club Brilliant Solutions’ lender panel to expand the distribution of...

OMS partners with Iress

One Mortgage System (OMS) has teamed up with Iress to expand its mortgage product...

Arnold & Baldwin supports modern slavery charity

Arnold & Baldwin has held a charity day to support the work of Their...

Gender care gap affecting working women

New research from AIG Life shows a gender care gap is costing women at...

Average mortgage loyalty penalty “£4,500 per year”

Homeowners who fall onto their lender’s Standard Variable Rate (SVR) mortgage are facing the...

Hope Capital helps raise over £5k for breast cancer support group

Liverpool based bridging lender Hope Capital has helped The Sunshine Breast Cancer Support Group...

Aldermore funds NHS recruitment business

Aldermore has provided a £250,000 finance deal to NHS recruitment specialist, Focusmed24. Focusmed24 supplies medical...

Sainsbury’s Bank ceases new mortgage lending

Sainsbury's Bank is to stop selling mortgages immediately. As part of its five-year plan for financial...

Uses for mortgage cashback revealed

Research for the Leeds Building Society has found that Stamp Duty, home improvements or...

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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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...

Mortgage broker revenue rises as adviser numbers fall

Reported revenue from mortgage broking increased by 15.9% to £1.6bn during 2025 despite a...

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