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Steve Sandiford joins the Dudley

Dudley Building Society has appointed Steve Sandiford as head of lending. His arrival completes...

Richard Hurst joins Vizolution as marketing director

Richard Hurst has joined Bill Safran at Vizolution as its marketing director. He will help...

FSE outlines conference programme

Financial Services Expo has revealed the line up of its financial adviser-specific conference programme...

Pepper Group acquires Oakwood

Pepper Australia Pty has acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Oakwood Global...

Paradigm to hold Bolton roundtable

Paradigm Mortgage Services' fifth mortgage round table event of the year will be held...

Post Office cuts rates

Post Office has introduced new mortgage rates. The rate on its two-year fixed rate mortgage...

New website for Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has launched a completely revamped residential website. The lender said research carried out...

FTB growth buoys July mortgage lending

Gross UK mortgage lending rose 12% in July to £16.7 billion, up from £14.9...

Century 21 UK opens Liverpool South branch

Century 21 UK has opened a brand new branch, Liverpool South, in Woolton Village,...

New buy-to-let deal from the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage at an...

High street mortgage lending recovers

High street lending has bounced back in 2013, according to the latest edition of...

HML unveils new website

HML has launched its new website. The firm says its new site will act...

Bridgebank Capital adds to underwriting team

Bridgebank Capital has announced the latest addition to its underwriting team with the appointment...

Complete FS offers bridging valuation refund

Complete FS is now offering a full refund of the valuation on Precise Mortgages’...

COMMENT

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,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

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Connells drives £33bn lending as profits jump 19%

Connells Group generated £33.3bn of mortgage lending in 2025 as group profits surged 19%...

Echo Finance links with Mortgage Train Academy to fast-track newly qualified brokers

Echo Finance has formed a partnership with Mortgage Train Academy aimed at helping newly...

Inflation falls to 3% as lenders eye March rate cut

Inflation eased to 3% in the latest data release, strengthening expectations of a base...

Landlords spending up to 10 working days a month managing portfolios

Landlords are committing the equivalent of almost four working days a month to managing...

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