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Top conveyancer disqualified for misleading 300 students about invalid qualifications

High-profile conveyancer Lloyd Davies has been disqualified from the profession for misleading 300 students...

Paula Priest and Katie Newell-Tucker join Birmingham Bank as Andy Virgo is promoted to director of sales

Paula Priest and Katie Newell-Tucker have joined the commercial team at specialist buy-to-let lender...

Merryoaks arranges £5.9m Essex development deal

Merryoaks Property Finance has announced the completion of a £5.9m development loan with United...

Mark Snape joins The Moving Portal

The Moving Portal has announced the appointment of Mark Snape as its first chief growth...

Fleet cuts five-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has made a series of 15 basis point (bps) cuts to its...

United Trust Bank reports record loan book for 2024

United Trust Bank (UTB) closed 2024 on a strong note, reporting robust financial performance...

Record high for challenger and specialist bank lending

Challenger and specialist banks’ share of gross lending is the highest on record -...

Coventry BS joins Financial Services Skills Commission

Coventry Building Society has joined the Financial Services Skills Commission, in a bid to...

MBE North 2025 outlines seminar line-up

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has published its seminar programme for MBE North 2025, taking...

Rents rising at slowest rate in 3.5 years and challenges ahead for landlords

The latest analysis from Zoopla reveals that UK rents for new lets have increased...

Black & White Bridging joins Brightstar panel

Black & White Bridging has been added to the lending panel of the Brightstar...

LiveMore appoints Paul Lewis as sales director of mortgages

LiveMore has appointed Paul Lewis as sales director of mortgages as it continues to...

Pam Brown Mortgages on target to raise £100,000 for charity with more to come

Pam Brown’s latest charity event raised a whopping £15,000 for Crohn’s and Colitis UK...

‭Colenko becomes NACFB lender patron

Colenko has joined the National Association of Commercial‬‭ Finance Brokers (NACFB) as a patron...

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....

Latest news

Goldman Sachs discloses 3.15% stake in Secure Trust Bank

Goldman Sachs has reported a 3.15% voting interest in Secure Trust Bank following a...

Market Harborough launches rental scheme offering deposit contributions to first-time buyers

Market Harborough Building Society is offering aspiring homeowners the chance to recover 60% of...

Tipton adds discounted rates for expat and limited company landlords

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has expanded its variable rate buy-to-let mortgage range with...

WIS Mortgages sets out five-year adviser growth strategy

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

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