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Conveyancing Association reveals 2024 Annual Conference agenda

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced the full agenda of speakers and presentations at...

Skipton BS to cut 99 mortgage rates

Skipton Building Society will be reducing 99 rates across its mortgage product range effective...

OMS partners with Brightstar Group

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced that it is to become the primary technology...

Pepper Money cuts rates by up to 98bps

Pepper Money has reduced prices across its entire product range, with rates cut by...

Pivotal Growth acquires two Northern Ireland firms

Pivotal Growth has acquired Select Mortgages & Financial Solutions and has agreed to acquire...

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries improves product transfer and further advance propositions

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has introduced a range of enhancements to its product...

CHL Mortgages cuts CHL 2 rates

CHL Mortgages has lowered rates by up to 0.78% on its CHL 2 product...

Roma Finance hires business development manager pair

Roma Finance has appointed Amer Watson and Shahed Popat as business development managers (BDMs). ...

Keystone Property Finance improves broker portal

Keystone Property Finance has made changes to its broker portal to make it easier...

Positive Lending expands regional sales team

Specialist packager, Positive Lending, has announced the addition of Sophie Burton to its account...

Optimum Finance appoints risk and recoveries manager

Optimum Finance has appointed Steve Chapman to manage and lead its risk and recoveries...

West One Loans eases BTL stress test requirements

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has cut rates by up to 70 basis points...

MT Finance adds AVMs to bridging offering

MT Finance has announced its introduction of automated valuation models (AVMs) to its bridging...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts all fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced all fixed rates, with lowered options available for new...
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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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