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MPowered Mortgages launches marketing tool driven by AI

MPowered Mortgages has announced the launch of Marketing Assist, which uses artificial intelligence and...

West One Loans relaunches Platinum residential range

West One Loans has reintroduced its Platinum residential range aimed at borrowers with stronger...

Somo appoints new relationship director

Short-term lender Somo Bridging has appointed Andrew Marsland as its new relationship director for...

Air to partner with Stonebridge network

Later-life lending platform, Air, has announced plans to partner with Stonebridge to bolster the...

L&C Mortgages teams up with Brilliant Solutions

L&C Mortgages has announced a specialist mortgage partnership with Brilliant Solutions. The arrangement will see...

‘Hybrid advice’ survey shows significant gaps remain

AdviserSoftware.com has undertaken a market study into the emerging 'hybrid advice' market in 2023...

Leeds BS cuts rates for first-time buyers and landlords

Leeds Building Society has reduced rates on a range of its mortgages products. The cuts...

Coventry for intermediaries expands 90% product offering

Coventry for intermediaries has introduced new two and three-year fixed rate products at 90%...

Broker forum outlines most popular topics for discussion

The sale of Tenetlime, whether brokers are looking at the end of the ‘fee-free’...

Atom bank provides £1m commercial loan to classic car restoration specialist

Atom bank has provided a £1m commercial loan for Hampshire-based classic cars restoration and...

Advise Wise extends legal reach to Scotland

Advise Wise has announced a significant expansion of its legal hub with the addition...

Paradigm bolsters CPD Test Zone with new cybersecurity module

Paradigm has announced the addition of a new Cybersecurity test module on its CPD...

‘Emerging’ finance firms increasingly falling victim to financial crime

Over one-third of firms in emerging finance sectors admit that they have been a...

Crystal Specialist Finance hires two telephone account managers

Crystal Specialist Finance has expanded its sales team with the appointment of two new...

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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