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InterBay now allows BTL packaging

InterBay Commercial has announced that its top tier of Key Partners can now package...

Magellan Homeloans joins IMLA

Magellan Homeloans has become the latest member of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA). Magellan...

Precise bridging panel expands

Mortgage distributor 3mc has become a member of Precise Mortgages Bridging Premier Panel. Brokers can...

Growth in overseas property enquiries

There was a significant rise in the number of people purchasing overseas property during...

Average UK house price reaches £250k mark

UK house prices increased by 5.5% in December 2013 compared with a year earlier,...

FTBs dream of a three-bed

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has found that a three-bedroom home heads...

Slight fall in rate of CPI

The Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) measure for inflation fell to 1.9% in the year...

Paragon Bank given go-ahead by regulator

Paragon Bank has been granted a banking licence by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). The...

Tenet appoints technical services chief

Tenet Group has welcomed Ben Wright into the new role of head of technical...

Banks retake 95% LTV fixed rate market

Over the past six months there has been a major increase in the number...

Aviva offers improved employee counselling services

Aviva has broadened its free Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for Group Income Protection clients. This...

Skipton joins Help to Buy

The Skipton Building Society has joined the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The...

Golding promoted at Bibby

Invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has restructured its sales team with the...

Stonebridge gets access to L&G new build exclusives

Stonebridge Group has announced members can access two new-build Legal & General product exclusives...

COMMENT

Mutual sector ambition needs tech-driven scale

The Government’s commitment to doubling the size of the mutual sector has been welcomed across financial services. Building societies continue to play a critical...

Conveyancing fees will rise and you can blame the Government

Tax is complicated and making sure you pay the right amount can be challenging - just ask MP Angela Raynor or indeed former Chancellor...

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience. From a turnaround time of around eight weeks back in...

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with control. Where will the data sit? How will resilience be...

AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

Latest news

Offa promises one-hour Islamic home finance offers

Offa has unveiled what it describes as a high street bank-beating Home Purchase Plan,...

The Swansea extends prostate cancer charity partnership into 2026

Swansea Building Society is to continue its Charity of the Year partnership with Prostate...

Mortgage Magic integrates remote ID checks into broker workflow

Mortgage Magic has announced the full integration of electronic ID verification into its broker...

Market Financial Solutions applies for administration

Market Financial Solutions has confirmed it has made an application to the court to...

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