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United Trust Bank reveals broker promotion winner

United Trust Bank has announced that the winner of the 2015 ‘Best of British’ broker...

Ex-Ageas boss joins Uinsure

The former UK chief executive of Ageas has joined GI provider Uinsure. Barry Smith...

New Street partners with L&G Mortgage Club

New Street Mortgages has announced a new distribution partnership with Legal and General Mortgage...

Lloyds launches mortgage advice via video at home

A new service is offering Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers the ability to speak...

London and SE house prices steam ahead

House prices in the UK increased by 7.9% in the year to January 2016,...

New hires for SimplyBiz Mortgages

SimplyBiz Mortgages has appointed Hannah Keane and Brian Wills as it develops its face-to-face contact...

Brokers benefiting from BTL surge

The Nottingham Building Society has confirmed that buy-to-let landlords have caused a rise in advice enquiries...

Y3S completes Together’s first MCD secured loan

Specialist lender Together has revealed that its first second charge Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD)...

RBS makes £1.2bn payment to Treasury

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc has made a payment of a Dividend...

FCA orders £939k ‘rent to own’ redress

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says rent to own provider Buy as You View will pay...

Liberis secures British Business Bank investment

British Business Bank Investments Ltd, the commercial arm of the government-owned British Business Bank,...

TMA appoints key account manager

TMA has announced the appointment of its latest key account manager.  This follows the recent news...

Conveyancers warned over cyber threats

Conveyancing firms have been warned that they need to engender a cyber-security and cyber-resilience culture in...

L&G outlines Mortgage Club Live speaker lineup

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed the name of some of the industry figures who...

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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 11bps

HSBC UK has reduced rates across its mortgage range, with cuts of up to...

Ampla Finance unveils Untangled rebrand as it broadens specialist lending ambitions

Specialist lender Ampla Finance has launched a new brand identity, Untangled, as it looks...

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