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New chairman for Holloway Friendly

Holloway Friendly has elected Martin Day as its new chairman. Day’s election took place...

NatWest charges customers who withdraw application post-offer

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has introduced a withdrawal fee of £150 for customers who do...

Private rental sector still booming north of the border

Prices for renting in Aberdeen have reached record levels, according to lettings portal Citylets. Rental...

Growth for Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions, the network arm of Stonebridge Group, has reported rise in mortgage...

The Source joins up with SimplyBiz Mortgages

Source Insurance has signed an agreement with SimplyBiz Mortgages to join its panel of...

New BTL trackers from Accord

Accord Buy To Let Mortgages has launched new two year tracker deals. They have a...

Leeds adds cashback to Welcome deals

Leeds Building Society has introduced a £200 cashback incentive on its two, three and...

Another new director at Crown

Mark Webster has joined UK mortgage servicer Crown Mortgage Management as a director. He...

Remortgaging dominates buy-to-let lending

Landlords expanded their portfolios in the third quarter of 2013, making use of significantly...

“Marked” rate differences between LTV bands for trackers and fixes

The interest rate for a 90% LTV two-year fixed rate mortgage is now two...

New chair for Skills Academy

The National Skills Academy for Financial Services has appointed Anthony Thomson as its...

Y3S makes miLoanbroker.com open access

Y3S has updated its miLoanbroker.com secured loan sourcing system, opening it up to all...

Sandringham expands protection proposition

Sandringham Financial Partners, the national advice company launched earlier this year, has expanded its...

Coogan outlines implications of FCA consumer credit proposals

Michael Coogan, former Council of Mortgage Lenders' director general and now strategic adviser to...

COMMENT

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...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

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SDLT shake-up set to push conveyancing fees higher

Conveyancing fees are set to rise from May 2026 as solicitors and licensed conveyancers...

HLP upgrades CRM for limited company buy-to-let surge

HLPartnership has upgraded its CRM system to better support advisers handling limited company buy-to-let...

UTB passes 50% mark for automated bridging valuations

United Trust Bank has announced that more than half of its bridging loan valuations...

Digital reform set to accelerate across conveyancing sector, annual conference hears

Momentum behind digital change in conveyancing will build throughout 2026, delegates at the Conveyancing...

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