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The Buckinghamshire cuts specialist credit product pricing

Buckinghamshire Building Society has introduced a new two-year fixed rate for buy-to-let investors and...

StreamBank adds title insurance to accelerate bridging completions

StreamBank has introduced title insurance on all bridging loans up to £2 million in...

Family Building Society members question housing target and propose reforms

Members of the Family Building Society have cast serious doubt on the government’s ability...

Sanjay Gadhia joins Mortgage Advice Bureau as later life regional sales director

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB has appointed Sanjay Gadhia as Regional Sales Director - Later...

Lendlord unveils AI-powered tools to streamline landlords’ decision-making

Lendlord, the property investment and finance platform, has launched a new artificial intelligence offering...

OneFamily celebrates 50 years of inspiring better futures

OneFamily will have been owned by its customers, and growing their financial wellbeing, for...

Gen H secures strategic funding deal with SilverRock to expand homeownership access

Fintech mortgage lender Gen H has struck a major funding partnership with specialist investor...

UnderwriteMe reports 90% instant acceptance for mental health life cover disclosures

Insurtech firm UnderwriteMe, a subsidiary of Pacific Life Re, has reported that 90% of...

Bank of Mum and Dad boosts first-time buyer business at London broker AS Financial

London-based mortgage broker AS Financial has reported a notable increase in first-time buyer activity,...

Northern buy-to-let market surges as investors flee costlier South

Buy-to-let investors are accelerating a shift northward as high yields and lower entry costs...

Gatehouse Bank lowers rates for UK expats and overseas investors

Gatehouse Bank has reduced rental rates by up to 27 percentage points across its...

The Mortgage Works cuts rates once more

The Mortgage Works will make a further round of reductions to selected buy-to-let and...

Bank of Mum and Dad deepens divide in first-time buyer market

Family financial support is playing an increasingly decisive role in shaping the homeownership prospects...

The Brightstar Group marks mental health awareness week with community action

The Brightstar Group is throwing its full support behind Mental Health Awareness Week 2025,...
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The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

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Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

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