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UK has highest demand for financial education in Europe

Financial education charity pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group) has welcomed new research showing that...

Nationwide unveils intermediary apps

The Nationwide Building Society has developed two new mobile apps for its intermediary clients. One...

Blacks Connect launches new conveyancing service

Blacks Connect has launched a new conveyancing service specifically for brokers’ clients who are...

TenetLime expands lender panel

TenetLime has revealed that the The Nottingham Building Society has become the latest addition...

The Cambridge re-enters the intermediary market

The Cambridge Building Society has launched a new range of residential mortgage products direct...

Nationwide offers homebuyer app

The Nationwide Building Society has created a new mobile app to help first time...

Montello unveils case study website

Bridging lender Montello has launched a new website to feature case studies of its...

SimplyBiz completes buyback

SimplyBiz has bought back 10% of the group from Standard Life for an...

New technical director for Connells Asset Management

Connells Asset Management (CAM), part of the Connells Group, has announced the appointment...

HMRC gets tough with UK property tax avoidance

Schemes designed to get around the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings will have to...

Headline price competition not without issues

The Consumer Panel's Working Group Chair Mike Dailly has set out some of the...

Scottish output growth continues at record pace

Scotland's private sector economy continued to expand rapidly in September, with Bank of Scotland's...

Promise team to assist ‘novice’ loan introducers

Loan master broker Promise Solutions has set up a new department specifically to help...

CML reports “healthy growth” in all lending areas

Gross UK mortgage lending held steady in August and was an estimated £16.4 billion,...

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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