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Brokers expect adverse credit challenges in 2023

Customers with adverse credit will find it most challenging to access a mortgage in...

ONP sets new remortgage record

ONP solicitors processed more than 3,000 remortgage transactions on Monday 3 April, its busiest...

Scottish Friendly partners with the Unisure Group

Scottish Friendly and the Unisure Group have announced a new partnership agreement. The agreement confirms...

AMI reveals board election results

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has completed its annual election process, where a...

Paradigm adds Pure Retirement to panel

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has added lifetime mortgage specialist, Pure...

London brewer benefits from invoice finance facility

A tailored invoice finance facility from Optimum Finance is helping a London-based craft brewery...

Royal London extends online trusts to personal menu plans

Mutual insurer Royal London has made further improvements to its digital services by extending...

Gen H launches conveyancing firm

Gen H has made Gen H Legal, its conveyancing arm, widely available to all...

TMA Club partners with Howden for discounted PII

TMA Club has announced the launch of a new partnership with Howden, a specialist...

Equity release advisers expect house price falls

62% of equity release advisers predict that house prices will continue to fall in...

Smart Money People’s Benchmark open for broker feedback

Smart Money People has opened its doors for intermediary feedback to be compiled for...

41% of SMEs worry about financial difficulties in a year’s time

41% of UK SMEs believe their business may be in financial difficulties in a...

Salcombe leapfrogs Sandbanks to become top seaside spot

Salcombe in Devon is now the most expensive seaside location in Britain to buy...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance appoints regional MD

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has bolstered its management team with the appointment of...

COMMENT

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’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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1,000 borrowers sign mortgage deeds digitally in under three minutes

The first 1,000 customers have signed their mortgage deeds using Qualified Electronic Signatures through...

TMG adds Roma Finance to lender panel

TMG Mortgage Network has added Roma Finance to its lender panel, expanding the range...

Reactive is not a business strategy

I was reading a piece of market commentary last week about what’s defined the...

FCA bans debt management executive over dishonesty

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services...

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