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Spring Statement 2025: industry hopes and expectations

Ahead of the government's Spring Statement on Wednesday, industry figures have proffered their opinions...

Nationwide improves NFI Online processes

Nationwide Building Society has made improvements to several processes within NFI Online. These cover client...

Mortgage affordability continues to weaken

January saw a weakening in mortgage affordability weakened for the second month in a...

FCA to investigate effectiveness of pure protection market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is undertaking a market study to look into how...

New Skipton cashback mortgage to help those who miss stamp duty deadline

To support those who don’t manage to complete their house purchase before the stamp...

MT Finance ups maximum LTV on HMO product

MT Finance has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) to 80% on its buy-to-let small...

HTB completes 22-property refinance and capital raise

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £3.67 million refinance and capital raise for...

Homebuyers paid £1.1bn in Stamp Duty last month

Homebuyers paid £1.1bn in Stamp Duty in February, a 24% rise from the £848m...

HouzeCheck completes 40,000th property survey

HouzeCheck has reached a major milestone, completing its 40,000th property survey since launching seven...

Market Harborough BS appoints specialist telephone BDM

Market Harborough Building Society has expanded its broker support team with the promotion of...

Positive Lending grows regional sales team with new hire

Positive Lending has appointed Adam Turvey as a regional account manager. Turvey (pictured, right) joins...

The Exeter reports record usage of HealthWise app

The Exeter has announced a record increase in usage of its member benefits app,...

Awareness of later life lending innovation grows, but advisers seek more support

Advisers are increasingly aware of product innovation in the later life lending market, but...

SOWN calls for government action to boost shared ownership awareness

In the lead-up to the Spring Statement on 26 March, Adrian Plant, director of...

COMMENT

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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....

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WIS Mortgages sets out five-year adviser growth strategy

WIS Mortgages has announced a five-year growth plan centred on expanding its adviser community...

Nivo targets specialist lenders with AI-powered case management service

Nivo has launched an AI case coordination platform aimed at helping specialist lenders process...

New Leaf Network extends Twenty7tec technology agreement

New Leaf Network has agreed a further three-year partnership with Twenty7tec, retaining the technology...

HTB provides £9.8m funding for North West property portfolio

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has refinanced a portfolio of 40 properties in the North...

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