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Love Finance appoints former Monzo director to lead credit and risk

Love Finance has appointed Selen Cagirgan as its new head of credit and risk,...

LendInvest funds £4.54m new home scheme in Isleworth

A vacant plot of land in Isleworth is set to be transformed into a...

Pivotal adopts AI-driven suitability checks in bid to raise compliance standards

Pivotal Group is rolling out an AI-powered compliance system across its mortgage services arm...

Developers lose confidence as Budget uncertainty stalls housing starts

Growing uncertainty ahead of the Autumn Budget has triggered a marked drop in confidence...

Primis expands sales team with four senior appointments

Primis has strengthened its national sales operation with the appointment of three new regional...

Hope Capital unveils new identity as it sharpens focus on property finance

Hope Capital has rebranded as Hope Capital Property Finance as it marks its fifteenth...

Cost of moving home reaches record £17,831 as Stamp Duty drives sharp rise

The cost of moving home in England has climbed to a record £17,831, placing...

Developers turn to forward funding as UK property market steadies

The UK property market is showing signs of renewed stability after a prolonged period...

Intermediary confidence softens ahead of Budget as completions hold steady

Intermediary confidence dipped slightly in the third quarter as brokers entered the final weeks...

Professional landlords turn to specialist BTL as profitability reaches new highs

The growth of specialist buy-to-let lending is gathering pace as professional landlords restructure their...

Veitch joins Afin Bank board as independent non-executive director

Afin Bank has appointed Sally Veitch to its board as an independent non-executive director,...

Inspired Lending backs redevelopment of Grade II listed Cotswolds manor

Inspired Lending has provided a £1.8 million facility to support the purchase and refurbishment...

House prices slide as wealthy buyers brace for Budget tax raid

House prices have recorded their sharpest November fall in more than a decade as...

Scottish rent controls blamed for surge in annual rent hikes

Scotland’s rent control regime has led to a sharp rise in the proportion of...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

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