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Rate rise ‘good for business’, say brokers

51% of brokers think an interest rate rise would increase business, according to research from...

GWlegal unveils remortgage cashback offer

GWlegal has relaunched a £250 cashback deal for remortgage – which it originally launched in...

TML offers new Premier Panel exclusive

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has introduced a new exclusive for members of its Premier...

LLA calls for Pensions Wise guidance to be extended

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has provided a written response to the Work & Pensions...

HMRC: fall in property transaction volumes

Latest data from HMRC show that the seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of...

Personal Touch offers estate admin service

Personal Touch has teamed up with estate administration specialists Kings Court Trust to allow...

Connect for Intermediaries adds State Bank of India to panel

State Bank of India has joined Connect for Intermediaries' network panel. The panel has also...

Conveyancers respond to DCLG’s call for evidence

The Conveyancing Association respond to publication of DCLG's Improving the home buying and selling...

FCA bans debt management pair

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Adrian and Christine Whitehurst, former directors of...

Fluent Money makes three new senior hires

Fluent Money Group has made appointments in the underwriting, sales and finance departments. Kevin Cresswell...

Huge lack of self-employed critical illness cover

93% of the UK’s self-employed workforce have no critical illness cover, according to new...

TBMC launches 1.99% BTL exclusive

TBMC has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage exclusive with Hinckley & Rugby Building Society....

Mortgage Brain “ready for GDPR”

Mortgage Brain says its range of mortgage technology solutions will fully adhere to the...

The Cambridge offers mobile Android app

The Cambridge Building Society has introduced its first mobile Android app, following the July...

COMMENT

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...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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The Right Mortgage appoints new head of academy

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Rebecca Egerton as head of The...

Stamp Duty could be holding back 300,000 home movers

Stamp Duty costs could be preventing more than 300,000 owner-occupied homes from coming to...

National Friendly joins Primis panel

National Friendly's range of protection products are now available to advisers across the Primis...

‘AI challenges intermediation,’ warns FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today released its long-awaited Mills Review, which sets...

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