News

Majority never overpay their mortgage

New research by comparethemarket.com has found that UK mortgage holders could save over £14bn...

Development finance hires for Fortwell Capital

Fortwell Capital has made two key appointments to its development finance operation. Arthur Jennings has...

Profits up at L&G

Legal & General has reported a 23% rise in pre-tax profits for the first...

Debt hampering life chances

High levels of debt make people less likely to move house, apply for a...

Brits “putting lives on hold” due to Brexit uncertainty

36% of people surveyed by Gocompare.com said that as a result of Brexit they...

Commercial broker gains FCA authorisation

Commercial finance broker Pegasus Funding Resources has been granted authorisation to carry out credit broking,...

BFS deal supports skiwear business

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has signed a £2.6 million funding deal to support skiwear...

Panel growth for Openwork

Tesco Bank has joined the lender panel at Openwork. The move will provide Openwork advisers with access...

New fixed rates from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a five-year fixed rate mortgage at 4.25% with no...

Accord reveals major improvement in AIP speed

Accord has stated that brokers are receiving quicker offers on client applications following a...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands lender panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of Bluestone Mortgages to its panel as the lender...

The Source upgrades GI platform

The Source has released a number of improvements to its online general insurance platform. This...

Cooling in bridging finance demand

There was a fall in demand for bridging loans during the second quarter of...

Retirees increasingly living beyond their means

Retirees are spending on average £8,000 more per year than planned for, according to...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Together adds nCino Banking Advisor to lending operations

Together has adopted nCino Banking Advisor as it looks to improve efficiency in processing...
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e4 Strategic has launched a new panel management platform aimed at helping lenders oversee...

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