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Key: reasons to be cheerful for equity release market

Increased product innovation in the equity release market, combined with expected base rate cuts...

Molo Finance unveils new CEO

Molo Finance has announced the appointment of Matthew Kimber as its chief executive officer...

CLSQ to hold free webinar on addressing flood risk

CLSQ has outlined details of a free live roundtable webinar for insurers, adjustors and...

SimplyBiz launches academy with Competent Adviser

SimplyBiz has announced the launch of ‘MyLearning Academy’, an online learning portal developed in...

Selina Finance cuts rates following new funding

Selina Finance has secured two new funding lines, one with Vanquis Bank and the...

Shared ownership behind Just Mortgages’ new build enquiry boost

The new build division at national brokerage Just Mortgages has reported a strong start...

Nottingham BS to integrate MQube’s Origo

Nottingham Building Society has partnered with MQube to incorporate MQube’s AI-driven mortgage origination platform...

Assetz Capital unveils new £100m Planning Assistance Loan scheme

Assetz Capital has launched a new Planning Assistance Loan product, aimed at supporting the...

Promotion for Apps at HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has promoted Scott Apps to the new role of head...

More2life launches ‘Flexi Payment Term’ lifetime mortgage

More2life has announced the launch of a new product, the Flexi Payment Term Lifetime...

TML unveils new large loan and interest-only options

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has introduced a series of large loan products and an...

Pritchard promoted as Glenhawk overhauls offering

Glenhawk has revamped its unregulated and regulated product range, including reducing rates. In addition, Jamie...

Landlords still investing for the long term

OSB Group has found that that landlords are taking action and continuing to invest...

LiveMore introduces new 100% debt consolidation feature

LiveMore, which lends to people aged 50 to 90+, has widened its existing criteria...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...

Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...

Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

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