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Miguel Sard joins PEXA as non-exec director

PEXA Group, the digital property exchange and data insights platform, has appointed Miguel Sard...

Aldermore increases student accommodation developer’s facility to £58.5m

Aldermore Bank has provided an existing client, Kexgill Limited Group, with a further £11.2m...

Saffron cuts owner-occupied rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions across its Owner Occupied range. The full series...

More than a Gimme as Funding 365 hits hole-in-one

Funding 365 has recruited a golf professional to bolster its relationship management team. Charlie Jones...

Paradigm launch client-facing newsletters for member firms

Paradigm has launched client-facing newsletters to help advisers’ customer engagement. Designed exclusively for Paradigm member...

LSL reports strong profit growth

LSL Property Services has reported a significant rise in profits for 2024, with underlying...

Countrywide Surveying Services launches QualityShield

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has launched QualityShield - an automated risk management solution based...

OMS integrates with Nationwide Building Society

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced a new milestone in its growth, unveiling a...

UK house price growth slows as Spring surge favours buyers

House price growth in the UK is losing momentum as a surge in homes...

ULEZ leaves a mark on London house prices

Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) may have delivered cleaner air to the...

New partnership aims to transform auction conveyancing

A new partnership between ONP Solicitors, iamproperty Group, and Connells Group is aiming to...

Phoebus highlights DE&I commitment in new ESG report

Phoebus Software, the mortgages and savings account servicing technology provider, has demonstrated its commitment...

LiveMore unveils trio of new hires

LiveMore has made three new appointments as it grows its presence in the later...

LendInvest secures £250m Societe Generale funding facility

LendInvest has agreed a new £250 million warehouse facility with Societe Generale. The facility represents...
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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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