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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...

Mark Hutchings moves into director role at Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance has announced an addition to its executive team with the promotion...

HTB adds AVM option to bridging proposition

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) option to its...

Pivot welcomes NED to leadership team

Specialist development finance lender Pivot has announced the addition of Graham Emmett to its leadership...

British Business Bank reports 9% YOY rise in Start Up Loans volumes

The Start Up Loans programme from the British Business Bank’s saw a 9% rise...

£200k between the most and least expensive home counties

Investec Bank has published the latest findings from its annual Property Index, which shows...

Selina Finance unveils 85% LTV for Status 1 loans

Selina Finance has improved its Homeowner Loan range, upping the maximum loan to value...

Afin Bank appoints ops head

Rebecca Lewis has been appointed head of operations for Afin Bank. The specialist lender and...

OneDome attracts three million views for its HomeBuyer Service ad

Property platform, OneDome, is celebrating the success of the ad campaign for its HomeBuyer...

Conveybuddy recruits area manager for the Midlands

Conveyancing distributor, conveybuddy, has appointed Steve Emblem as area manager for the Midlands. Emblem (pictured)...

Aspen completes bridge in five days to meet purchase deadline

Bridging lender Aspen ensured completion of a £455,000 bridge in five days because its...

First Mortgage Solutions appoints new compliance director

First Mortgage Solutions has announced the appointment of Jane Massie as its compliance director. Massie...

COMMENT

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

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...

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Movera appoints Saunders-Proudlove to manage broker panel relationships

Movera has appointed Claire Saunders-Proudlove as partner relationships manager, with responsibility for managing and...

Chartwell adopts Instamo technology to streamline mortgage applications

Chartwell Mortgage Services has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology through its integration with JammJar, allowing...

Coleman confirmed as Financial Ombudsman Service chair after interim appointment

Liam Coleman has been appointed permanent chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), following...

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...

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