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CA member recognised in Welsh awards

Newport-based Convey Law, one of the Conveyancing Association's (CA) members, was recently announced as...

L&G becomes LLA corporate ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced Legal & General as its latest Corporate...

Tenet agrees long-term deal with Focus Solutions

  Tenet has signed a long-term contract with Focus Solutions to incorporate their remuneration management module...

“Significant” investment for Fluent Money

Fluent Money has revealed that it has received new investment from Beech Tree Private Equity...

EQUIS reports 30% increase in loans written

EQUIS has revealed that its members wrote loans worth over £1.1 billion in 2015, representing...

NWIS to instruct valuations on day one

NatWest Intermediary Solutions (NWIS) is to start instructing all valuations for residential and buy-to-let purchase...

Government Housing Schemes Matrix unveiled by L&G

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched its new Government Housing Schemes Matrix. The Matrix...

2015 a “brilliant year” for the bridging sector

The latest West One Bridging Index has found that gross annual bridging lending surpassed...

Halifax: house prices see quarterly rise of 9.7%

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to February were 9.7% higher...

Shawbrook Bank to follow diversification strategy

Shawbrook Bank plc has reported a 63% increase in underlying profit by to over...

Nationwide: UK house price growth remains steady

The Nationwide Building Society has reported an increase of 0.3% in house prices in...

First Complete adds Kent Reliance to lender panel

Kent Reliance has been appointed to the First Complete lender panel. The specialist intermediary lender,...

SortRefer expands network distribution

Online intermediary platform SortRefer has revealed that its conveyancing panel will be providing service to  network,...

FCA to investigate six life firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has this morning published a report setting out its findings...

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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...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

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Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...

Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...

Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...

NatWest begins digital mortgage completions with PEXA rollout

NatWest is now actively transacting on PEXA’s digital property platform, marking a key step...

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