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Openwork appoints customer protection panel chair

Openwork has appointed Sarah Howe to chair its new Customer Protection Panel. She has 30...

Refurbishment top reason for bridging

The second quarter of the year saw gross bridging lending increase by 26% on...

RICS: lack of momentum for sales and enquiries continues

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has reported that record low stock numbers,...

AToM outlines September roadshow programme

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has revealed the dates and locations for its September...

OneFamily appoints corporate and customer strategy director

OneFamily has appointed Guy French as its corporate and customer strategy director. He will report...

Network CEO sees ban upheld

The Upper Tribunal has upheld the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decision to ban Charles Palmer,...

Positive Lending launches Hodge Lifetime 55 Plus mortgage

Positive Lending has added Hodge Lifetime to its lender panel.  Hodge Lifetime’s 55 Plus mortgage...

Record month for Amicus Property Finance

Amicus Property Finance has announced a record month of lending in July at £72...

Saffron For Intermediaries overhauls self-employed range

Saffron For Intermediaries has revamped its complete range of mortgages for the self-employed and...

Nationwide cuts fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut rates on a number of two, three and...

Metro Bank appoints new CIO

Metro Bank has announced the appointment of Martyn Atkinson as chief information officer (CIO). He...

Trio of new broker BDMs for Together

Together has appointed three new business development managers to cover the North East, London...

Positive offers Marsden’s older borrower range

Positive Lending is adding Marsden Building Society’s Older Borrower products to its lending portfolio.  The...

Castle Trust outlines PRA phase 2 stance

Castle Trust Capital has revealed its approach to implementing of the PRA Phase 2...
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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...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...
Appointments

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...
Homebuying

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...
Technology

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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