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Property Circle appoints national account manager

Property Circle has appointed Sarah Hartwell to the role of national account manager. Hartnell (pictured)...

Bob Scott joins Movin Legal

Movin Legal, the national conveyancing panel management firm, has restructured its senior management team...

Phoebus joins open data trade body

Phoebus has joined UK trade body the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an...

Investec reduces rates by up to 54bps

Investec Bank has announced changes to its complete range of fixed rates for residential...

Precise Mortgages unveils new products

Precise Mortgages, part of the OSB Group, has announced reduced rates and new products...

FIBA unveils partnership with HSBC

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that HSBC has joined the...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts interest-only rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has made rate reductions of up to 1% across its interest-only proposition. The...

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...

COMMENT

Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos

In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

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Foundation raises income multiples for higher-earning mortgage borrowers

Foundation Home Loans has increased the amount higher-earning residential borrowers can access under changes...

Wealthy Advisers Club funds £997 wellbeing retreat place to MIMHC

The Wealthy Advisers Club has donated a fully funded place at its inaugural Digital...

Access FS mortgage business rises 46.8% in record July

Access Financial Services recorded its strongest month for mortgage business in July, with activity...

LiveMore launches mortgage podcast for brokers and advisers

LiveMore has launched a podcast series covering developments in the specialist and later-life lending...

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