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Skipton raises SVR

Skipton Building Society is to increase its mortgage Standard Variable Rate (SVR), citing "exceptional...

CML surprised by strength of December mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending reached an estimated £13.7 billion in December, a 14% rise from...

Arrears mediators found trade body

A new trade association for the arrears mediation industry is to be launched on...

Six fixes from A&L on Friday

Alliance & Leicester for Intermediaries is tomorrow launching six new fixed rate mortgages. For example,...

eGateway’s trading platform upgraded

eGateway has launched a new look, version two of its platform. eGateway is a free...

Connells gets involved in government mortgage rescue scheme

Connells Survey & Valuation Limited has agreed an exclusive deal to provide property surveys...

Two BDMs join MD Pension Solutions

MD Pension Solutions has appointed two new business development managers (BDM). Wendy Powis joins...

PMS offers exclusive discount mortgage

PMS has launched a two-year discounted product with no early redemption charges in conjunction...

Ban and fine for Bolton broker

The FSA has fined and banned Bolton based mortgage and insurance broker, Riaz Ahmad. Ahmad...

House prices up 279% since 1959: Halifax

Halifax has published the results of a study into major changes to the UK...

Landlords’ dispute service price hike questioned

Mydeposits.co.uk, the pay-as-you-go insurance-based tenancy deposit protection scheme, has proffered surprise at the decision...

FSA bans insurance fraudster

The FSA has banned an insurance company director for lying to his customers and...

Firms warned over anti-money laundering deadline

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has reminded estate agents and certain types of...

RBS IP rebrand spawns NatWest Intermediary Solutions

RBS's intermediary proposition is to become known as NatWest Intermediary Solutions at the end...

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The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

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Because Trump is so unpredictable and we don’t know what the end result will be following tariff negotiations and retaliations (and perhaps counter retaliations)...

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L&C Mortgages launches exclusive 3-year fixed remortgage deals with MPowered Mortgages

L&C Mortgages has introduced a new range of exclusive three-year fixed rate remortgage products,...

Stamford Finance unveils exclusive dev exit deal via Brickflow

Stamford Finance has launched an exclusive development exit finance product through the Brickflow platform. The...

LHV Bank adopts automated decisioning platform from LendingMetrics

LHV Bank is set to implement LendingMetrics’ automated decisioning platform (ADP) in a move...

The Right Mortgage signs new regulatory trainer from MAB

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed a new regulatory trainer. Keith White (main...