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TML provides self-employed offer in 6 working days

The Mortgage Lender (TML) recently progressed a self-employed residential application to offer in six...

Advise Wise extends AI-powered equity release suitability letter pilot

Advise Wise is expanding the pilot for its Suitability Letter template, powered by Artificial...

AIG Life appoints MD of individual protection

UK life insurer AIG Life has announced that Nick Austin has been named managing...

Optimum Finance appoints account executive

Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed David Tugwell as an account executive...

Webinar to discuss ‘the new normal’ in BTL rental market

Zephyr Homeloans is this week holding a webinar for brokers on current buy-to-let and...

New products and rate cuts from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is making changes to a number of mortgage products on Tuesday 21...

Repaying existing mortgage remains top reason for equity release

New data from Canada Life has revealed the top motivations for customers taking out...

Homeowners looking for ways to pay off costlier debts

Evolution Money has published the latest results from its quarterly data tracker, which reviews...

SmartrFit adds Gen H affordability calculator

Legal & General has announced the addition of Gen H (Generation Home)’s affordability calculator...

MT Finance appoints managing director

MT Finance has announced the promotion of Gareth Lewis from commercial director to managing...

Shawbrook acquires Bluestone Mortgages

Shawbrook has announced the acquisition of Bluestone Mortgages (BML) in a cash and share...

Paradigm parters with West One for residential mortgages

Paradigm has announced the launch of West One's residential proposition to its member firms. Paradigm member...

MFS joins The Money Group panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has joined The Money Group’s (TMG) panel of lenders. The...

CSS and Family BS extends lead valuation partnership

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, has announced the...

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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