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Iress integrates with AI advice assistant

Iress has announced a new integration with AI-driven PlannerPal, adding to the list of...

LHV Bank completes £750k care home bridge

LHV Bank has provided a loan of £750,000 for the acquisition and refurbishment of...

Chancellor urged to make Stamp Duty reform a Budget priority

The Coventry Building Society has called for Stamp Duty reform to be made a...

Dudley BS achieves B Corp certification

Dudley Building Society has become the first regional UK building society to achieve B...

LSL Property Services appoints chief operating officer

Peter Stevenson has been appointed by LSL Property Services as chief operating officer for...

April Mortgages partners with Coreco

April Mortgages has announced a new partnership with Coreco. Coreco is a London-based provider of...

Hodge improves 50+ and RIO criteria

Hodge has made changes to the criteria on its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

Butterfield Mortgages announces two promotions

Butterfield Mortgages has promoted Wendy Scott to senior business development manager and Radhika Madar...

Mojo Mortgages integrates with Twenty7tec’s APPLY

Twenty7tec has announced that Mojo Mortgages has integrated its APPLY module into its back...

Target Group names new chief operating officer

Target Group has promoted Katie Pender to the position of chief operating officer (COO). Pender...

VAS expands video library resource

VAS Valuation Group has expanded its library of short education videos. The videos answer the...

Market Harborough BS allows large loans to £5m

Market Harborough Building Society has announced two key changes to its product range. The...

LiveMore unveils limited edition rates

LiveMore has cut rates on retirement interest-only (RIO) and standard mortgages until the end...

Mansfield BS moves into Scottish BTL market

Mansfield Building Society has announced its launch into the Scottish buy-to-let market. The lender will...
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How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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