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Gavin Diamond to leave Spring Finance this week

Spring Finance has confirmed that its CEO, Gavin Diamond, is to leave the business. His...

MorganAsh integrates Inbest benefits calculator

MorganAsh has embedded the Inbest benefits calculator directly within the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS),...

Homebuyers paid over £900m in SDTL in April

Homebuyers paid £918m in Stamp Duty Land Tax in April, according to Coventry Building...

Phoebus wins servicing contract for Aviva’s equity release business

Aviva has appointed Phoebus to service its equity release portfolio, replacing its legacy servicing...

West One revamps Platinum residential offering

West One Loans has cut rates by up to 20 basis points on all...

Caroline Mirakian joins UTB

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Caroline Mirakian as sales & marketing director of...

LendInvest cuts residential rates by up to 35bps

LendInvest has reduced rates across its residential mortgage range to support qualified professionals, key...

HTB appoints development finance lending manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Harry Bhogal as lending manager...

Consumer Duty Alliance Technology Forum announces operational details

Ian McKenna, chair of the Consumer Duty Alliance Technology Forum, has revealed how the...

Equifax UK partners with AI firm to speed up decisioning

Equifax UK and Digilytics AI are launching new software which will help lenders to...

Phoebus achieves its highest ranking in Best Companies Index

Phoebus has improved its position in the Best Companies Index, moving up the rankings...

CLSQ and D-RISK partner with Shawbrook Bank

Property insights providers, CLSQ and D-Risk, has been named once again as a climate...

Cynergy Business Finance unveils new block discounting proposition

Cynergy Business Finance (CBF), the asset-based lending (ABL) arm of Cynergy Bank, has launched...

Investec cuts tracker rates and removes ERCs

Investec Bank has announced changes to its residential and buy-to-let tracker range with rate...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

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Inflation rises to 2.9% in fresh setback for mortgage rates

UK inflation increased to 2.9% in July, moving further above the Bank of England’s...

New-build asking prices edge higher as regional divide widens

The average asking price of newly instructed new-build homes in Great Britain edged higher...

LGSS targets growth as valuation market becomes more complex

Legal & General Surveying Services is seeking to increase its profile in the mortgage...

Mortgage industry backs alcohol-free MIMHC lunch

An alcohol-free event organised by the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has secured...

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