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Hardship from housing benefit cuts for half of renters

49% of those in private rented housing and 66% in social housing would face...

New Life offers cashback until end of year

New Life has improved its Lifetime Fix and Lifetime Gold mortgage products. Its Lifetime Fix...

FS employers reminded of apprenticeship opportunities

Financial services employers have been urged to come forward and stake their claim for...

Exweb reaches 30,000 mark

1st Exchange has passed the 30,000 user milestone for its intermediary portal Exweb. This represents...

Sesame enrolls ‘memory man’ to help advisers with RDR exams

Sesame Bankhall Group is supporting advisers studying for their RDR examinations with a course...

Land Registry also reports fall in house prices

The September data from Land Registry's House Price Index has indicated an annual price...

Tenet details final two seminars

Tenet's final two seminars of the year will be held in Cumbernauld on 23...

L&G offers pre-paid funeral option

Legal & General has joined forces with Dignity Funeral Services to launch the Dignity...

4% rise in agreed property sales

The latest Agency Express Property Activity Index has reported that in October the number...

House prices fall again: Nationwide

House prices fell by 0.7% in October, the Nationwide has reported. This means that the...

Aldermore adds Mortgages for Business to panel

Mortgages for Business has been selected as a distribution partner for Aldermore Mortgages. Nick Blunt,...

Review clients for improved terms, says equity release lender

Equity release lender More 2 Life has estimated that around 25% of equity release...

Head of sales appointed at property insurance broker

Property insurance broker Keelan Westall has appointed Damian Baxter as head of sales. He is...

TMA offers Compliance Checking exclusive to DAs

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) and Compliance Checking Ltd have formed a strategic partnership to...

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Selling isn’t shouting

In many industries, sales still carries the weight of old stereotypes: high pressure, slick scripts and a focus on numbers over nuance. But these...

When service beats software: why hands-on support is the real differentiator in conveyancing

For all the talk about technology reshaping the mortgage and conveyancing world, advisers know that what you often need is some good, old-fashioned support. Not...

Future-proofing your lead generation

Leads are the lifeblood of any mortgage intermediary business, and while word-of-mouth referrals remain the gold standard - bringing trust and proof of quality...

We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

AI could make obsolescence obsolete and slash global e-waste

For decades, technology has been trapped in a cycle of forced obsolescence. Each year, a new iPhone or Android release quietly renders last year’s...

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MorganAsh upgrades MARS to better reflect multiple customer vulnerabilities

MorganAsh has enhanced its MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS), introducing an upgrade to its algorithms...

Half of UK adults face ‘crisis of certainty’ as cost pressures mount

Half of UK adults feel less certain about their financial future than two years...

Reward Funding raises £21,000 for Rainbow Trust charity

Reward Funding has raised £21,000 for the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity after a year-long...

Target Group appoints Jennifer Read as head of risk

Target Group has appointed Jennifer Read as its new head of risk, strengthening its...