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Scotland dwarfs England & Wales house price growth

Your Move has reported that annual house price growth in Scotland is now over...

SBG signs Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has become one of the latest financial services firms to...

“Thousands” face loss of mortgage benefit help

Royal London has stated that figures buried on page 210 of a report published...

BFS announces brand refresh

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has refreshed its brand and relaunched its website. The bridging lender...

New chair for the Teachers

The Teachers Building Society has announced the appointment of Julie Nicholson as its new...

Unauthorised fraud losses fell 5% last year

UK Finance has revealed that banks and card companies prevented £1,458.6 million in unauthorised...

Shawbrook completes second charge in under one week

Shawbrook Bank’s residential mortgages team has helped a Brightstar client with a fast turnaround...

Network appoints compliance manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Nick Crombie as its compliance manager. Crombie...

Self-employed driving specialist mortgage demand

Paragon has reported that demand for specialist residential mortgages is being driven by a...

Criteria Hub to offer free version

Criteria Hub, the criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks, is to offer...

Al Rayan Bank appoints new chief risk officer

Al Rayan Bank has announced the appointment of Wahid Ali as chief risk officer...

Samaritans partners with Leeds Building Society

To help futureproof its services and boost capacity, Samaritans is partnering with Leeds Building...

The Ipswich expands ex-pat mortgage availability

The Ipswich Building Society has refreshed its expat residential and buy-to-let products and extended the...

Age Partnership to sponsor Yorkshire sports teams

Age Partnership has entered into sports sponsorship for the first time. The Leeds-based company is...

COMMENT

Lifting and shifting to the cloud isn’t real transformation

As we gear up to spend time at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference this year, there is one conversation I know we are...

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

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Japanese knotweed ‘knocks £21.4bn off UK housing market’

Japanese knotweed is wiping an estimated £21.4 billion from UK property values, with more...

Lifting and shifting to the cloud isn’t real transformation

As we gear up to spend time at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference...

Fleet Mortgages names new managing director

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Nicola Richardson as its new managing director. Richardson (pictured) has been...

The Monmouthshire goes live with Phoebus mortgage servicing system

Monmouthshire Building Society has gone live with Phoebus to support mortgage account servicing as...

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