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Clocktower Support adopts MARS to enhance financial inclusion

Clocktower Support has adopted the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) to improve support and financial...

16% have no idea what age they will retire

A recent survey for Hargreaves Lansdown has found that one-third of people think they...

Redwood Bank further increases proportion of women in SMT

Redwood Bank has claimed that it is outperforming its industry with regards to the...

Hilco completes £17m bridge for London developer

Bridging lender Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has provided a property developer with a...

Pepper provides HNW with £500k second charge

Pepper Money completed a £500,000 second charge mortgage for high net worth (HNW) customers...

Leeds BS reveals new chair

Leeds Building Society has announced that Brendan McCafferty will become its next chair from...

Reward makes trio of managerial appointments

Reward Funding has made three key managerial appointments across client relationships and business development...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Perenna

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added mortgage bank Perenna to its lender panel. The partnership...

Atom bank hails record commercial lending quarter

Atom bank has reported its strongest ever quarter for commercial mortgage lending. In the three...

Marsden BS unveils 95% LTV residential deals

Marsden Building Society has launched two new residential mortgage products at 95% loan to...

Nottingham Building Society to include automation in underwriting

Nottingham Building Society has adopted LendingMetrics' auto-assisted underwriting technology. The mutual has taken the decision...

Brokers want commercial lenders to be more open-minded

A new survey has found that commercial finance brokers want lenders to have a...

Fleet Mortgages reintroduces five-year EPC deals

Fleet Mortgages has relaunched its range of five-year, fixed-rate products for landlord borrowers purchasing...

KSEYE launches festive rate cut offer

Bridging lender, KSEYE, has introduced a seasonal special offer with reduced rates across its...
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Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Landlord sales slow following Renters’ Right Act

The share of homes listed for sale that were previously rented dropped to 9.2%...
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Knowledge Bank teams up with Brilliant Solutions for specialist lending cases

Knowledge Bank has formed a partnership with specialist mortgage packager Brilliant Solutions as demand...
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FCA urges firms to strengthen product design under Consumer Duty

The Financial Conduct Authority has highlighted examples of improved product governance under the Consumer...
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Validate appoints Louise Shute as managing director

Valuation specialist Validate has appointed Louise Shute as managing director as it continues to...

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