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Cirencester Friendly improves underwriting and claims processes with new service

Cirencester Friendly has introduced Medi2data, a service that allows medical records to be obtained...

Pivotal Growth makes another broker acquisition

Pivotal Growth has acquired Radcliffe & Newlands Mortgages, a residential mortgage and protection broker...

Tandem Bank automates income verification using Sikoia

Fintech firm Sikoia has partnered with Tandem Bank to automate key aspects of income...

Suros Capital increases introducer commission to 3%

Suros Capital, the short-term lender which uses luxury assets as security, is offering brokers...

Nationwide For Intermediaries ups minimum income requirement for Helping Hand

Nationwide For Intermediaries has increased the sole applicant minimum income for its Helping Hand...

TAB bolsters senior leadership team

TAB has announced the promotion of Andy Reid to sales director. This promotion is part...

Commercial mortgage brokers reveal their wishlists for the year ahead

The latest SME Pulse survey from Atom bank has revealed what commercial mortgage brokers...

London is top buy-to-let hotspot

Simply Business, a provider of small business and landlord insurance, has revealed the locations...

Metro Bank ups maximum BTL loan sizes

Metro Bank has increased its maximum loan sizes for its buy-to-let products. The changes include...

Equity Release Associates appoints managing director

Equity Release Associates (ERA), a network for self-employed equity release advisers, has appointed Sara...

Major rise in uptake of 35+ year mortgages

Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the FCA, analysed by Quilter, has shown a...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank align lending into retirement policies

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank have been working to align their policies for lending...

RAW Capital Partners joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of specialist and buy-to-let lender, RAW Capital Partners, to...

Advise Wise integrates with LV= to offer ‘instant KFIs’ and direct online apps

Advise Wise has announced the successful completion of an advanced API integration with LV=. This...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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