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Robo-advice will never fully replace human advisers

Delegates at yesterday's Financial Services Expo (FSE) Midlands were told that the number of customers...

CA announces details for annual conference & dinner

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published details of its annual conference and dinner, which...

Change needs to come to later life lending advice model

An industry panel taking part in a later life lending debate at yesterday's Financial Services...

PTFS selects Pure Retirement for equity release support

Personal Touch Financial Services has chosen Pure Retirement to provide its appointed representatives (ARs)...

Kensington Mortgages cuts residential and BTL rates

Kensington Mortgages has made cuts to rates of up to 40bps across its residential...

Keystone joins First Complete and Pink panel

Products from specialist buy-to-let lending brand Keystone Property Finance are now available to appointed...

Landlords feeling more optimistic

The latest quarterly index from BM Solutions/BDRC Continental Landlords Panel has found that while all key...

Keystone offers deals to adverse credit landlords

Keystone Property Finance has revised its Classic Range, doubling the number of products available. The...

L&G and Co-op Bank partner for lifetime mortgages

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has agreed a five-year deal with the Co-operative...

Sort Group opens new office

Sort Group, the parent of online conveyancing portal, SortRefer, has opened of its new...

Seconds growth to continue into 2018

Fluent for Advisers believes that the rise in second charge new business numbers recorded...

FSE Midlands details announced

The finalised seminar programme and exhibitor line-up for Financial Services Expo (FSE) Midlands has been...

Butterfield Mortgages appoints CEO

Butterfield Mortgages Ltd (BML) has appointed Alpa Bhakta as chief executive officer, having been...

Naismiths to monitor large Shawbrook-funded development

Naismiths has been appointed by Shawbrook Bank to monitor one of the bank’s largest development...

COMMENT

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...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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