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MFS reveals 49 internal promotions in 2023

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that 49 team members gained promotions in 2023,...

Shawbrook provides £20m BTL portfolio facility

Shawbrook has helped an experienced professional landlord to refinance a large portfolio of 36...

Twenty7tec adds Perenna to its SOURCE module

Twenty7tec has added Perenna to its SOURCE module, providing advisers with access to a...

Brightstar partners with LIBF to deliver CPSP

The Brightstar Group is adopting a group-wide strategy to support team members achieve the...

SimplyBiz adviser survey reveals overall positive outlook

SimplyBiz has announced the results of its annual member survey, designed to measure adviser...

Air Academy adds new LIBF-accredited affordability module

Air Academy, the later-life lending learning platform, has introduced a new affordability module. The module...

Hinckley & Rugby BS partners with Complete FS

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has announced a partnership with mortgage packager Complete FS,...

73% of regulated firms failing to adopt Open Banking

Nearly three quarters (73%) of regulated firms that take on new individual customers and...

Wales takes top spot for rental yields

Fleet Mortgages has released the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4...

Leeds Building Society makes further mortgage rate cuts

Leeds Building Society has revealed that it saw its busiest ever first working day...

Mortgages for Business rebrands

Buy-to-let intermediary, Mortgages for Business, is rebranding to Mortgage Finance Brokers. Gavin Richardson...

Alternative Bridging offers refunded valuation and legal fees

Alternative Bridging Corporation has introduced its 'Winter Promotion' offering to refund valuation and lender...

Skipton cuts Track Record rate to lowest ever

Skipton Building Society will be reducing rates further across its mortgage product range tomorrow...

MPowered Mortgages unveils 0.30% cashback offer

MPowered Mortgages has launched cashback of 0.30% on all loan sizes up to £1.5...
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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

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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Simplify’s trust gives £22,500 to nine local charities

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