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The Skipton unveils new life and critical illness deals

The Skipton Building Society has introduced new life and critical illness products. The new deals...

Clever Lending duo take charge of growth plans

Clever Lending has appointed two new directors to lead the specialist distributor’s ambitious plans...

The Earl Shilton joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

The Earl Shilton Building Society (ESBS) has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel. SimplyBiz...

New director appointment at Together

Specialist lender Together has appointed Liz Blythe as a non-executive director for the group’s...

Usay Compare appoints managing director

Usay Compare has announced the appointment of Mark Noble as its new managing director. Noble...

Home improvement loans boosting Fluent Money new business

Fluent for Advisers, the dedicated intermediary arm of Fluent Money, has revealed a significant...

HMO sector set for further expansion

21% of landlords who are planning to buy over the next year are looking...

Smartr365 to integrate SmartrCriteria search tool

Smartr365 is integrating Legal & General Mortgage Club’s digital mortgage criteria searching tool, SmartrCriteria,...

The West Brom adds cashback and cuts rates

The West Brom building society has made changes to its fixed rate mortgage range,...

New product transfer options from Accord

Accord has introduced a new range of product transfer options for existing customers with...

Hodge unveils RIO mortgage with fixed rate for life

Hodge has launched the Hodge Fixed-for-Life RIO, what it claims to be the UK’s...

Maria Harris to join Twenty7Tec from Atom bank

Twenty7Tec has revealed that Maria Harris will join the company on 1 October as...

Coventry for Intermediaries reduces five-year rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has cut rates on its five-year fixed residential mortgages by up...

eKeeper integrates conveyancing into broker CRM

eKeeper says it has streamlined the conveyancing process with the latest release of its...

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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Self-employed borrowers face narrower lender choice

Self-employed mortgage applicants have access to more than a third fewer eligible lenders than...

Landlords target growth despite rising costs

More than eight in 10 professional property investors plan to expand their portfolios during...

Home insurance defies wider fall in customer satisfaction

Home insurance has bucked a wider decline in customer sentiment towards UK insurers, according...

Nova appoints Andrew Smith as commercial director

Conveyancing provider Nova has appointed Andrew Smith as commercial director as it seeks to...

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