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Assetz Capital commits to further Northern Ireland investment

Assetz Capital has appointed Ciaran McGivern as relationship director for Northern Ireland following growth...

Equity Release Supermarket launches referral service

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), the independent equity release advisory service, has announced the launch...

Time Finance hires regional sales manager

Time Finance has welcomed Paul Rooney as regional sales manager in its vendor finance...

Nottingham BS appoints new NED

Nottingham Building Society has announced that Robin Ashton has been appointed to its board...

Alternative Bridging promotes Daniel Smith

Alternative Bridging Corporation has announced the promotion of Daniel Smith to role of business...

ModaMortgages appoints head of sales and BDMs

ModaMortgages has announced that Scott Phillips has been appointed as its new head of...

West One Loans reprices mortgage range

West One Loans has announced changes to its mortgage range with significant pricing reductions...

MARS upgraded to improve Consumer Duty functionality

MorganAsh has announced a range of upgrades to its consumer vulnerability assessment platform. The latest...

BoMaD consider equity release as means for children to buy a home

Parents are turning to lifetime mortgages to help their children buy a home, as...

OMS and TMG Mortgage Network extend technology contract

One Mortgage System (OMS) has extended its contract with TMG Mortgage Network for another...

Hope Capital secures new funding line with Shawbrook Bank

Hope Capital has secured a new funding facility delivering up to £25m from Shawbrook...

Hodge removes height restrictions from criteria

Specialist lender Hodge is removing height restrictions from its lending criteria, meaning it will...

Twenty7tec adds Cumberland BS to SOURCE

Twenty7tec has announced the addition of the Cumberland Building Society to its SOURCE module. The...

AIG Life upgrades underwriting architecture

AIG Life Limited has unveiled a new Underwriting Rules Engine (URE) and enhanced intermediated...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

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...

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Home insurance defies wider fall in customer satisfaction

Home insurance has bucked a wider decline in customer sentiment towards UK insurers, according...

Nova appoints Andrew Smith as commercial director

Conveyancing provider Nova has appointed Andrew Smith as commercial director as it seeks to...

Vida sharpens lending rules for borrowers approaching retirement

Vida has revised its later-life mortgage criteria to give brokers clearer guidance when arranging...

First-time buyer demand slips as shortage of suitable homes persists

First-time buyer demand weakened across Great Britain in the second quarter of 2026, although...

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