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Swansea BS gives £10k to fund cancer nurses in Wales

Swansea Building Society has donated £10,000 to Prostate Cymru to support its campaign to...

Ecology launches 95% mortgage for Scottish first-time buyers

Ecology Building Society has launched a mortgage for first-time buyers using the Scottish government’s...

Tower targets £100m in premiums after Riskworks acquisition

Tower Insurance Brokers is aiming to control between £75m and £100m in gross written...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a...

Digital ID trust mark could speed up mortgage applications

A new government-backed digital identity trust mark could help mortgage brokers and lenders reduce...

Focus appoints Reading-Green to spearhead advice tech growth

Focus Advice Technology has appointed Jason Reading-Green as business growth lead as it targets...

iPipeline completes Origo acquisition after regulatory approval

iPipeline has completed its acquisition of Origo after securing regulatory approvals, including clearance from...

Quantum Mortgages passes £1bn lending milestone

Quantum Mortgages has exceeded £1bn in mortgage lending little more than four years after...

Openwork adds April Mortgages to lending panel

Openwork has added April Mortgages to its lending panel, giving advisers access to a...

The Right Mortgage sets out September roadshow programme

The Right Mortgage will hold five member roadshows across England and Wales in September...

UTB reduces 2-year BTL rates by up to 50bps

United Trust Bank has reduced rates across its standard and specialist buy-to-let ranges, with...

Paragon cuts buy-to-let fixed rates to 3.40%

Paragon Bank has cut rates by 15 basis points across its Core and Tailored...

Mortgage approvals fall as affordability pressures weigh on buyers

Mortgage approvals and net borrowing fell below recent averages in July as volatile interest...

Twenty7tec launches Steppl portal to streamline adviser-client communication

Twenty7tec has launched Steppl, an AI-ready client engagement platform designed to reduce administration and...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Conveyancing delays seen as biggest obstacle to smoother home moves

Conveyancing is viewed as a bigger barrier to a smooth property transaction than chains,...

Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

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