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Best Insurance launches simplified life product with nine-question underwriting

Protection specialist Best Insurance has launched a new single-life policy designed to make life...

Phoebus strengthens client assurance with SOC 2 Type II attestation

Phoebus Software has completed its Service Organisation Control (SOC) 2 Type II attestation, an...

Most landlords unaware who the housing minister is

The majority of landlords remain in the dark about who currently serves as housing...

Lakeshield unveils seven-day residential bridging loan

Specialist short-term lender Lakeshield has launched a new residential bridging product promising completion in...

Time Finance provides £450k facility for waste management expansion

SoilEx, an environmental construction waste management specialist based in Harpenden, has secured a £450,000...

Barclays expands mortgage flexibility for homebuyers and landlords

Barclays has announced a series of updates to its mortgage policies designed to increase...

Walsham Brothers brings new mortgage protection products to market via Iress

Walsham Brothers has launched a suite of new mortgage payment protection insurance products through...

Skipton Business Finance bolsters Midlands reach with senior appointment

Skipton Business Finance has strengthened its presence in the Midlands with the appointment of...

Mortgage industry legends back Take Me Home Christmas Charity Concert

Support continues to build for what’s shaping up to be the mortgage industry’s biggest...

HSBC UK widens buy-to-let offering with top slicing introduction

HSBC UK has expanded its buy-to-let mortgage range to include top slicing, enabling landlords...

Industry welcomes government’s homebuying reforms but warns of deeper challenges ahead

Government plans to overhaul the homebuying process have received a broadly positive response from...

The Cumberland names Stuart Miller as next chief executive

The Cumberland Building Society has appointed Stuart Miller as its next chief executive, subject...

ModaMortgages expands criteria to include simple layered limited companies

ModaMortgages has broadened its lending criteria to accept applications from simple layered limited companies,...

The Coventry joins Mortgage Brain’s new Submissions Brain platform

Coventry Building Society has become the latest lender to be added to Mortgage Brain’s...

COMMENT

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

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Advice firms step up technology use as integration remains key obstacle

Financial advice firms are taking a more proactive approach to technology, but integrating new...

Check launches mortgage readiness tool for prospective borrowers

Check.co.uk has added a mortgage readiness feature to its app, bringing together credit, affordability,...

Yorkshire BS team raises £1,000 with 198km treadmill challenge

Seven Yorkshire Building Society colleagues have completed a 198km treadmill ultramarathon to raise money...

Square 1 Media joins Momenti Group’s Observatory as corporate partner

Square 1 Media has become a corporate partner of The Observatory, the mortgage market...

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