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Aldermore extends block bridging facility to Mint Property Finance

Aldermore has extended a multi-million-pound block bridging facility to Mint Property Finance, the Manchester-based...

Paragon expands BTL offering with new 80% LTV products and rate cuts

Paragon Bank has launched two new buy-to-let mortgage products at up to 80% loan-to-value...

More over-55’s using lifetime mortgages to clear debts and home loans

A growing number of older homeowners are turning to lifetime mortgages to manage financial...

The Coventry cuts mortgage pricing as swap rates ease

Coventry for intermediaries has announced a reduction in selected fixed mortgage rates, responding to...

Rosemount Financial Solutions launches new portal

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has unveiled a new website and adviser portal as part...

Redwood Bank advances digital transformation with finova servicing upgrade

Redwood Bank has taken the first step in a renewed technology strategy with the...

Chancellor to meet City leaders for crisis talks on US tariffs

The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will hold urgent talks with leading City executives this week...

Equity Release Group expands advisory team with trio of new hires

Equity Release Group has strengthened its advisory business, Equity Release Supermarket, with the appointment...

Nationwide lowers income threshold for Helping Hand

Nationwide Building Society has reduced the minimum income requirement for sole applicants using its...

Redwood Bank appoints non-executive director

Redwood Bank has appointed Tina Kokkinos to its board as an independent non-executive director...

Catalyst joins Brilliant Solutions lender panel

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has been added to the lender panel of Brilliant...

The Mortgage Works trims buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW), the buy-to-let arm of Nationwide Building Society, has announced a...

Building societies drive UK mortgage growth as banks lag behind

Building societies have accounted for 89% of UK mortgage market growth so far in...

Barclays offers zero deposit mortgage for Right to Buy applicants

Barclays will no longer require a deposit from borrowers purchasing a home under the...
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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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