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New website for Earl Shilton BS

The Earl Shilton Building Society has marked its 160th anniversary with the launch of...

National Friendly claims industry first with new product

National Friendly has launched ‘Assisted Living Insurance’, a product specifically aimed at supporting older...

System outage planned by BM Solutions

BM Solutions has revealed that its systems will be down on 25 June 2017. There...

Leeds BS volunteers help homeless charity

Volunteers from the Leeds Building Society spent a day helping to increase awareness of...

Over 240,000 FTBs have used Help to Buy

The Treasury has stated that over 285,000 homeowners, including 240,000 first time buyers, have...

Complete FS outlines 2017 expo details

Complete FS is to hold its 15th annual Specialist Lender Expo at the Ageas Hilton Hotel, Southampton on...

L&G Retention Matrix now covers retention proc fees

Legal & General Mortgage Club has updated its Retention Matrix to include the latest...

CML downgrades buy-to-let forecasts

Gross mortgage lending reached £20.1 billion in May, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has...

Sharp rise in lending for HNW Lending

HNW Lending, an alternative lender that provides individual loans of between £50,000 and £2...

Over 65s ‘have property wealth of £1.054 trillion’

Retired homeowners have each earned more than £2,400 a month from their houses in...

Keystone Property Finance unveils case tracking system

Keystone Property Finance has launched MyKeystone, an online case tracking facility for brokers using...

Three in four couldn’t deal with cancer consequences

72% of respondents say they would struggle to cope if their income fell by...

NACFB appoints CEO

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has announced the appointment of Graham...

Black Book Finance launches white-labelled service

Black Book Finance has announced the launch of a white-labelled version, called Beaufort Capital Solutions....

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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