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Zurich supports the Exchange’s new ex-smoker questions

Zurich is the third provider to support Iress' new ex-smoker questions on The Exchange...

HTB completes fast refinancing of 43-property portfolio

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £6.4 million refinance for a 43-property portfolio,...

Over 40% have increased unsecured borrowing

41% of people have increased their unsecured borrowing in the last 12 months, according...

BuildLoan appoints director of operations

BuildLoan has appointed Chris Martin to the role of director of operations. Martin (pictured) has...

Time Finance expands business development team with new hire

Time Finance has welcomed Sion Street as a business development manager in its invoice...

Clydesdale ups residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing rates on a range of its mortgage products. The changes are...

Bad debt rise hitting small businesses hard

The value of bad debt suffered by small businesses has risen by 127%, according...

Atom bank extends commercial mortgage discount

Atom bank has extended the rate discount available on its range of large commercial...

Vernon BS reveals next chief executive

Vernon Building Society has announced its chief executive, Steve Fletcher, will retire in December...

Gen H cuts rates by up to 25bps

Gen H has announced mortgage rate cuts of up to 25 basis points (bps). The...

MIMHC launches new Q&A webinar series

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has introduced a new series of Question...

London Credit launches development finance pilot

London Credit has introduced a pilot of its development finance offering up to 70%...

Alternative Bridging appoints internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has announced the promotion of Zack Cohen to the role of...

Just Mortgages recruits new area director

Just Mortgages has expanded its self-employed management team with the appointment of James Hoskins...

COMMENT

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

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...

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Foundation cuts buy-to-let rates and relaxes holiday-let occupancy rules

Foundation has reduced rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to 0.10 percentage points...

FintechOS: Firms have two years to embrace AI or get left behind

Financial services firms have no more than two years to embed artificial intelligence into...

Financial services must move beyond AI experimentation to deliver real returns

Financial services firms risk wasting substantial investment in artificial intelligence unless they fundamentally rethink...

RAW Capital Partners sets new lending record as product range expands

RAW Capital Partners has reported record annual lending volumes for 2026, surpassing its total...

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