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The indices of confusion

A review into house price indices is well overdue, argues Phil Whitehouse, head of...

Scottish market recovery pauses

The latest Scottish House Price Monitor from Lloyds TSB Scotland has indicated that the...

SimplyBiz Mortgages partners with largemortgageloans.com

SimplyBiz Mortgages has entered into a partnership with largemortgageloans.com to offer a large loan...

Accord cuts fixed rates

Accord Mortgages is to unveil tomorrow a two-year fixed rate at 2.99%, up to...

Kensington’s E-KWIP rolled out to all its distributors’ ARs

Kensington has launched its online DIP and application tool -E-KWIP - to all of...

Lifetime – long-term fix divide widens

The average fixed rate charged for lifetime mortgages has increased when compared to the...

System developed for LPA receivers

The Charlbury Group has launched a Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA) receiver system....

Tiuta cuts bridging rates and legal costs

Specialist lender Tiuta has cut its closed bridge rates by 0.5 percentage points and...

Aviva wins Santander insurance tender

Aviva has won a competitive tender process for the distribution of household insurance products...

Mortgage Brain claims 1,000 new users

Mortgage Brain has claimed that over 1,000 mortgage brokers and financial advisers have adopted...

Homeowners struggle to sell up

Santander Mortgages has calculated that almost twice as many attempts by homeowners to sell...

Lloyds to shut Irish business bank

Lloyds Banking Group Plc is to close its business banking operation in Ireland by...

Students fuel house price rises

60% of university towns across the UK have seen house price growth outperform the...

Northern Rock cuts application fee by 60%

Northern Rock is to reduce its application fee for purchase customers from £250 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...