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SimplyBiz partners with VouchedFor over Consumer Duty support

SimplyBiz has partnered with VouchedFor to offer an exclusive deal to its member firms...

West One launches new 5-year fixed rate B2L products

West One Loans has launched a new range of five-year fixed rate products with...

MPowered Mortgages appoints key account manager for the South 

MPowered Mortgages has announced the promotion of Simon Clark to key account manager (KAM)...

Pepper Money cuts residential and DMP rates

Pepper Money has reduced rates across its residential range by up yo 0.90% and...

Fleet reduces two and five-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has reduced product rates across its entire range of two-year and five-year...

LendInvest expands residential mortgage availability

LendInvest has launched its full residential mortgage product range to all UK intermediaries, aimed...

ASTL sees Q4 fall in bridging completions

Bridging applications and loan books continued to grow in Q4 2022, according to the...

Reward boosts London and South East team

Reward Finance Group has appointed Tom Annetts as its new relationship manager, as it...

Spring Finance appoints head of sales for bridging

Specialist lender Spring Finance has announced the appointment of Owen Bentley as head of...

Landlords upgrading property standards for capital and rental value gain

Paragon Bank has reported that acquisitive landlords have helped drive an improvement in standards...

Stonebridge introduces new AI functionality

Stonebridge has added new functionality to its Revolution system to help AR firms and...

Rockstead joins Equity Release Council

Rockstead has announced that it has become an Equity Release Council associate member. Rockstead...

HTB completes £21.1m development finance facility

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £21.1 million development exit and construction loan...

Broker Conveyancing appoints new area managers

Broker Conveyancing has announced the appointment of two new account managers. Both Joe Hart and...

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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