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Royal London offers signature-free consent form

Royal London has introduced an electronic signature solution to accelerate the payment of claims. The...

VAS unveils new valuation panel

Valuation Audit Services (VAS) is introducing a new, independent, valuation panel management company called...

Halifax and Google aim to explain property jargon

Halifax is joining up with Google to help homebuyers understand the world of property...

Urban areas can’t keep pace with expanding populations

The fastest growing towns and cities in the UK are currently building as few...

Positive Lending becomes specialist distributor for Kensington

Positive Lending has been appointed as 'specialist distributor' with Kensington Mortgages. James Byrne (pictured), director...

Together’s one-day funding saves £70k

Together and Dolphin Loans and Mortgages have completed a bridging loan in one working...

Rental market slows over past 12 months

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has revealed that a new economic index created by...

Axis Bank partners with eTech

Axis Bank has selected property risk software developer eTech to provide an online solution...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts buy-to-let rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced rates on its two, three and five-year fixed buy-to-let...

The Skipton allows video appointments

The Skipton Building Society is now offering mortgage and financial advice video appointments. The mutual...

Call to postpone VAT threshold review

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) is warning that any significant reduction in the...

Don’t rush to get a new rate

Royal London has warned homeowners to think twice before incurring early exit charges in...

Workers jealous of retirees’ pensions and lifestyles

Prudential has warned that pension savers in their final years of work are worried...

Quieter September for asset finance market

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that asset finance new business (primarily...
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Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

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Nationwide cuts mortgage rates across fixed and tracker range

Nationwide has cut mortgage rates across its fixed-rate range and reduced selected tracker products. The...
Technology

Top proptech providers join forces

Four of the UK’s leading Proptech providers – LMS, Landmark Information Group, InfoTrack and...
Buy-to-let

Landbay launches new remortgage AVM products

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has launched new premier remortgage AVM two-year fixed-rate products and reduced...
Second Charge

Second charge boost as industry veterans launch Flamingo Money

Two experienced specialist finance professionals have launched a new secured loans and second charge...

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