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Salary gains not being translated into larger deposits

Twenty7Tec has revealed that over the past few years, while salaries have increased, the...

Countrywide Surveying Services holds CPD conferences

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has held a programme of internal CPD conferences. They took place...

Saible joins BDLA

Saible has become the latest firm to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association...

Target warns firms to be ‘stamp duty ready’ ahead of threshold change

Target Group is warning the UK mortgage and property markets to be ‘stamp duty...

All eyes are on Threadneedle Street as Nationwide increases fixed rates up to 0.15%

Nationwide has yielded to market pressures and joined its high-street counterparts in raising selected...

Aaron Hamshire joins FOLK2FOLK as relationship manager

Peer-to-peer lending platform FOLK2FOLK has signed Aaron Hamshire as relationship manager to expand broker...

Butterfield Mortgages strikes £20 million Prime Central London buy-to-let deal

Butterfield Mortgages has issued a buy-to-let deal worth over £20 million at a loan-to-value...

Iress in two-way live integration with CIExpert

Iress has partnered with CIExpert to launch a two-way, real-time integration. The exclusive functionality is...

Brokers give Barclays’ Mortgage Boost thumbs up

Brokers have hailed the timing of Barclays’ Mortgage Boost proposition as affordability continues to...

Broker Conveyancing launches £500 referral fee deal

Broker Conveyancing has announced the launch of a new referral fee initiative. It gives brokers...

MPowered Mortgages using digital assistant to give criteria answers to brokers

MPowered Mortgages has unveiled a voice-activated digital assistant to provide brokers with answers in...

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries adds higher fee products to limited edition buy-to-let range

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its limited edition buy-to-let range to include products...

UTB hire to develop Build to Rent proposition

United Trust Bank (UTB) is expanding its property development proposition by recruiting Andy Thomson...

Five Foxes to return to the road

The ‘Five Foxes’, a collaboration between The Loughborough Building Society, Hinckley & Rugby Building...

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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