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Boardroom changes at Close Brothers

Close Brothers has announced that Mike Biggs has been appointed an independent non-executive director and...

SortRefer endorses Land Registry’s digital conveyancing consultation

SortRefer believes the Land Registry should now focus on modernisation and bring forward plans to move...

26% increase in enquiries in Q4

The Intermediary Mortgage Lender’s Association (IMLA) has reported that there was a significant rise...

Black Book Finance reaches £1m Castle Trust milestone

Black Book Finance has completed £1 million worth of business with Castle Trust in...

The Leeds tweaks LTI criteria

The Leeds Building Society is adjusting its loan to income (LTI) criteria for some...

Women must look after their own protection needs

48% of working women in the UK don’t have any form of protection policy...

SME demand for asset finance expected to rise

A recent poll of finance brokers involved in asset finance has found that most of them...

Average amount owed per adult up 5%

UK consumer debt now stands at £240 billion, according to MoneySuperMarket. 73% of UK adults say they currently have...

DAs not happy with FSCS funding position

A new survey from TMA Mortgage Club has found that Directly Authorised advisers (DAs)...

Call to ‘Challenge TML’

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has launched its 'Challenge TML' campaign. According to research conducted on behalf...

Lack of appropriate funding frustrates one million SMEs

Aldermore's Future Attitudes report has found that 19% of all small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...

Borro introduces 48-hour bridging valuation guarantee

Borro is offering brokers and their clients a guarantee that every valuation for a...

Vida Homeloans unveils residential maximum loan calculator

Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of its new online Residential Max Loan Calculator...

SimplyBiz Group hosts live web debate

The SimplyBiz Group’s live ‘Advice Show’ will take place today (Monday 13 March) from 10am. ...
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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...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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