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Lack of SME awareness about business protection

53% of UK SMEs would close within a year if a key employee died or...

Complete FS to hold national specialist lending forums

Complete FS is hosting three specialist lending forums during May. Details are as follows: 9...

Six join FCA’s regulatory decisions committee

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed an additional six members to its regulatory...

Treasury Select Committee chair to quit parliament

Andrew Tyrie, Conservative MP and chair of the Treasury Select Committee, is to stand...

TrustTwo partners with Callcredit

TrustTwo has teamed up with Callcredit Information Group to access its credit risk, affordability and ID...

10% deposit borrowers struggling to secure deals

35% of would-be first-time buyers saw house deals fall through in the past year...

Castle Trust completes £13m development deal

Castle Trust Capital has completed a £13.2 million development loan with Brightstar Financial. The deal...

L&G hires lifetime mortgages’ operations director

Legal & General has appointed Mike Thompson to the position of operations director of its...

Paragon to pay product switch proc fee

Paragon Mortgages has become the latest lender to introduce procuration fees for brokers. It will pay a...

FSCS providing increased reassurance

New research by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) shows that almost two-thirds of...

TMA Mortgage Club extends partnership with Mortgage Brain

TMA Mortgage Club is offering Mortgage Brain's latest technology solutions to its Directly Authorised members. MortgageBrain...

New buy-to-let rates from Santander

Tomorrow (26 April) Santander is launching a range of new buy-to-let remortgages. The bank will be...

Magellan cuts complex prime rates

Magellan Homeloans has cut its two-year fixed rate pricing across its range of complex...

Trio of limited edition deals from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has unveiled three new limited edition products for buy-to-let property purchases and remortgages. These...

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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Just Mortgages self-employed division nears 500 advisers after 10 years

Just Mortgages is celebrating 10 years of its self-employed division after growing from just...

Ageas teams up with Source Insurance

Ageas UK has joined Source's Insurance panel, expanding access to its home insurance products...

Buyer demand falls 15% year-on-year

Political uncertainty and higher borrowing costs have led to a 15% year-on-year fall in...

Mortgage Advice Bureau hires new group CFO

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has named Jo Stent as its next group chief financial...

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