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Mortgage Vision events to look at digital customer journeys

The 2017 Mortgage Vision events, organised and hosted by Mortgage Brain, will be providing...

PMS unveils new web solutions service

PMS Mortgage Club is looking to support its adviser firms with a new web...

SMEs around the world focussing on domestic markets

Bibby Financial Services' (BFS) annual Global Business Monitor report has found that 65% of...

‘Opportunities there for the taking’ from PRA reforms

Paul Welch, CEO of largemortgageloans.com, believes that the PRA's changes to lending regulations – which...

Largest university town house price growth revealed

Halifax has reported that university towns across the UK (excluding London) recorded an increase in...

Solid growth for Scottish house prices continues

Your Move and Acadata have reported that Scottish house prices continued to grow in...

Large increase in equity released in North West

Responsible Equity Release has revealed that homeowners have released 50% more equity from their...

FCA outlines Ageing Population Project findings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an Occasional Paper outlining the findings from...

Precise publishes portfolio proposition online

Precise Mortgages has put its portfolio proposition online ready for the Prudential Regulation Authority’s...

Pure Retirement releases new online portal

Pure Retirement has unveiled a new broker portal which offers facilities for online applications,...

First Complete & Pink add Scottish BS to panel

The Scottish Building Society has joined First Complete and Pink's panel of lenders. ...

Together commits to portfolio landlords

Together has become the latest lender to outline it approach to buy-to-let portfolio landlords...

Lloyds unveils remortgage refund offer

Lloyds Bank is to refund up to one standard monthly mortgage payment up to...

Strategic upheaval at Paragon

The Paragon Group of Companies has announces a strategic reorganisation as part of its...

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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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Together cuts fixed rates and expands criteria

Specialist lender Together has reduced rates across its fixed-rate product range and announced it...

Bank lending to smaller property investors falls 14%

The value of lending from UK-regulated banks to small and medium-sized property investment businesses...

L&G names winners of 15th Business Quality Awards

Legal & General has announced the winners of its 15th annual Business Quality Awards. The...

MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...

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