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SME owners facing retirement time bomb

Financial advisers need to step up their game to help small business owners avoid...

Mortgage tax relief changes come into effect

From today, 6 April, individual landlords, general partnerships and limited liability partnerships will no...

Pension change awareness weakest amongst the young

Today marks the anniversary of both the new state pension and the new pension freedoms....

MBE Leeds to hold equity release ‘knowledge hub’

The Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) at the Leeds Armouries on 26 April will include a dedicated...

Laura Sneddon joins The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced 12 new hires. The appointments include the first of...

LifeQuote unveils new case tracking system

LifeQuote has launched a new case tracking system, offering real time updates on all cases.  Advisers...

AOBP outlines April Forum details

The Association of Bridging Professionals’ (AOBP) April Forum on 27 April will cover the...

The Leeds expands intermediary lending team

The Leeds Building Society has made an addition to its business development team. Nirver Randhawa...

‘Silver splitters’ releasing up to 13% more in property wealth

Key Retirement has stated that property wealth is being increasingly used to ease the...

Hometrack extends relationship with HSBC

HSBC has agreed a one-year contract extension with property analytics business Hometrack, securing the delivery...

Bridging lenders positive despite Brexit

Bridging lenders who are members of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) are increasingly...

Adviser milestone passed at Openwork

Openwork has passed the 2,000 adviser mark in its core network for the first time...

Rise in number of limited company BTL products

Mortgages for Business. has said that the range and pricing of buy-to-let mortgage products...

Growing engagement in pension planning

Tomorrow (6 April) will mark two years since the introduction of the pension freedoms....

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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Mortgage Advice Bureau hires new group CFO

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

OMS launches protection referral partnership with The Insurance Surgery

One Mortgage System (OMS), the CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders,...

Omni Protect appoints Richard Waters as head of strategic partnerships

Omni Protect, Fintel’s whole of market protection club, has announced the appointment of Richard...

Redwood Bank awarded top green accreditation

Redwood Bank has been recognised for its continued commitment to sustainability after achieving the...

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