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Knowledge Bank addresses cladding-related challenges

Knowledge Bank has introduced a new criteria category designed to help brokers navigate lender...

Zephyr cuts all two and five-year fixed rates

Zephyr Homeloans is cutting rates on its two and five-year mortgage products. The specialist buy-to-let...

Stamp duty changes to hit four in five homeowners from April

The cost of purchasing a home is set to rise for the majority of...

Landbay cuts rates and expands product transfer offering

Landbay has announced mortgage rate reductions of up to 40 basis points (bps) across...

LSL Financial Services appoints chief operating officer

Martin Taphouse has been appointed as chief operating officer of LSL Financial Services. Taphouse (pictured)...

Protection Distributors Group reveals new sponsors for 2025

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has announced Reframe Cancer and Space as the two...

UTB opens Manchester office to strengthen northern lending operations

United Trust Bank (UTB) has opened a new office in Manchester’s Hardman Square, as...

National Friendly doubles sales and expands adviser engagement

National Friendly has reported significant business growth in 2024, with a sharp rise in...

Gen H cuts rates to support buyers with small deposits

Gen H has announced a series of rate adjustments following the latest Monetary Policy...

It takes women four times as long to save the required deposit for a home

It takes single women 11 years and nine months to save the expected deposit...

ModaMortgages added to TMA Club’s lending panel

ModaMortgages has been added to TMA Club’s lending panel allowing directly authorised (DA) members...

‘Majority’ of commercial properties underinsured

A significant proportion of commercial properties in the UK are underinsured, leaving businesses vulnerable...

More2life unveils personalised lifetime mortgage rates

Later life lender more2life has introduced Flexi Interest Reward, a new lifetime mortgage feature...

Fleet unveils new two-year buy-to-let trackers

Fleet Mortgages has launched a range of new two-year trackers across its three core product...

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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