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Perenna in Brilliant partnership

Perenna has established a new partnership with distributor/packager Brilliant Solutions. The arrangement expands its broker...

Broker growth in international client business constrained by obstacles

A recent survey by RAW Capital Partners reveals that while many UK mortgage brokers...

Hanley Economic expands RIO and 95% LTV residential lending offerings

Hanley Economic Building Society has added a new two-year fixed rate option to its...

Fleet Mortgages cuts two-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has made a series of rate cuts across its two-year fixed-rate products. On...

Mortgage Brain unveils CRM system

Mortgage Brain has launched CRM Brain, a SaaS CRM system for mortgage brokers. CRM Brain...

Together welcomes new distributor partners and national account manager

Together has announced two new partnerships with New Leaf and Brilliant Solutions. The pair are...

Price gap between houses and flats at 30-year high

The housing market is continuing to register positive momentum in 2025 with Zoopla’s latest...

Target integrates Mortgage Hub with PEXA

Target Group has partnered with PEXA, the digital property exchange platform, to expand the...

Market Harborough BS becomes latest mutual to cut SVR

Market Harborough Building Society is lowering its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) by 20 basis...

Customer vulnerability assessment bias fears “unfounded”

Recent data from MorganAsh indicates that concerns over bias in customer vulnerability assessments are...

Future Property Transaction Group membership grows by 50%

PEXA, the digital property exchange platform, has announced that the Future Property Transaction Group,...

Allica Bank moves into residential BTL market

Allica Bank has expanded its commercial mortgage proposition by entering the specialist buy-to-let residential...

KRFI unveils new limited edition shared ownership range

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (KRFI), part of OSB Group, has introduced a new limited...

Gatehouse Bank reduces selected rates for UK residents

Gatehouse Bank has lowered rental rates across selected Home Purchase Plans (HPP) and buy-to-let...

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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