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AIG Life upgrades underwriting architecture

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

Legal & General announces new protection MD

Legal & General has announced two senior appointments to its Retail Protection team. James Shattock...

Funding 365 launches rates from 0.74%

Funding 365 has revamped its product range following the announcement last week that it...

Dudley Building Society appoints chief risk officer

Dudley Building Society has announced the appointment of Andrew Turvey as chief risk officer,...

Norton Broker Services partners with Legal & General Ignite

Norton Broker Services has partnered with Legal & General Ignite, the mortgage research and...

Silbury Finance strengthens senior management team

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed residential development lender, has strengthened its senior leadership...

Nicholas Christofi launches new real estate advisory firm

Karis Capital has announced its launch as a real estate debt advisory firm with...

MHBS launches new no-fee mortgage range

Market Harborough Building Society has introduced a new suite of mortgages with no product...

Paragon Bank makes BTL fixed rate reductions

Paragon Bank has lowered rates by up to 40bps on 13 fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages,...

Funding Circle and Atom bank embark on new lending partnership

Funding Circle and Atom bank have announced a new lending partnership that will provide...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils new buy-to-let range

LendInvest Mortgages has launched a new buy-to-let product suite with reductions and larger loan...

IMLA reveals management committee for 2024/25

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has announced the appointment of Richard Beardshaw as...

Assetz Capital reappoints relationship director in Scottish team

Assetz Capital has reappointed Geoff O’Brien as relationship director, based in Scotland. O’Brien (pictured, left)...

Newcastle Intermediaries reduces interest-only rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has made rate reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points across its...

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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Landlords target growth despite rising costs

More than eight in 10 professional property investors plan to expand their portfolios during...

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...

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