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Later Life Lending Network launches workshops

The Later Life Lending Network, part of The Right Mortgage (TRM), is launching later...

Gatehouse Bank cuts rates on 2-year fixed buy-to-let deals

Gatehouse Bank has cut rates by 0.24% across its full range of 2-year fixed...

Pluto Finance launches European expansion with appointment of Ciaran Singh as MD

Specialist property lender Pluto Finance has made a significant move into continental Europe, appointing...

Foxtons posts strong Q1 as mortgage activity at Alexander Hall surges

Foxtons Group has reported a robust start to the year this morning with financial...

HTB raises lending ceiling to £35m to meet demand from portfolio landlords and scaled-up developers

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has increased its maximum customer exposure to £35 million across...

LHV Bank delivers £10.92m facility to fund off-market office acquisition near Birmingham

LHV Bank has completed a £10.92 million facility to support the strategic acquisition of...

SortRefer sees record broker turnout at UK regional events

SortRefer has reported unprecedented engagement with its 2025 Regional Events Programme, which has already...

Asset Advantage appointment to strengthen broker partnerships

Asset Advantage has appointed Jonty Cooke as broker manager as it looks to deepen...

Brokers could be overlooking sales opportunities by ignoring client assets

Mortgage brokers and financial advisers may be missing valuable opportunities by failing to ask...

Brokers eye non-standard GI market for future growth

Specialist lines in the UK’s general insurance market are seeing a marked uptick in...

LBG shakes up lending infrastructure with FICO cloud platform

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has transformed its consumer lending operations, enabling over £7 billion...

Manchester security firm secures future growth with Time Finance ABL facility

Red Security, a Manchester-based CCTV and security provider, has secured a £500,000 asset-based lending...

Brightstar Group sets ESG benchmark with first annual report

The Brightstar Group has published its inaugural ESG Report, coinciding with World Earth Day,...

Assetz Capital deploys £20m in two weeks as regional lending strategy gains momentum

Assetz Capital has marked a robust start to its financial year with £20m in...
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Technology

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

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....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

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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Air and Mortgage Brain link sourcing platforms to widen later life lending options

Air and Mortgage Brain have agreed a collaboration designed to help mortgage advisers assess...
networks

Mortgage network growth diverges as acquisition activity reshapes sector

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions and HL Partnership have recorded some of the largest increases in...
Appointments

LMS appoints Ian Robinson as permanent chief executive

LMS has appointed Ian Robinson as its permanent chief executive, four months after he...
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Mortgage lending availability falls as banks anticipate recovery in demand

Mortgage credit availability and demand for house purchase and remortgaging all declined during the...

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