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Aspen Bridging completes 30 deals totalling £30m

Aspen Bridging has completed £30m of lending across 30 deals in the last two...

Impact Specialist Finance launches semi-exclusive expat product

Impact Specialist Finance has launched a brand-new expat mortgage product with Dudley Building Society. This...

Optimum Finance secures new funding capability

Invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has increased its funding capability by 25% following a...

Advisers struggle with children’s CI option comparisons

CIExpert’s Adviser Watch has found that 31% of advisers struggle to understand the different...

Keystone Property Finance cuts fixed rate range

Keystone Property Finance has cut its entire fixed rate range by up to 0.65...

Brokers record low levels of satisfaction with mortgage lenders 

New research out from Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that...

MAB acquires majority shareholding in Auxilium

Mortgage Advice Bureau has acquired a 75% shareholding in the Auxilium Partnership, a specialist...

House prices fall by 2.3% month-on-month

Halifax has reported that average house prices fell in November, as the rate of...

Pure Retirement improves Classic Lifetime criteria

Pure Retirement has announced a series of criteria enhancements to its Classic range of...

LV= joins Connect Mortgages’ GI panel

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) has become the latest insurer to join the Connect...

CHL Mortgages cuts BTL fixed rates

CHL Mortgages has reduced its rates across all five-year and two-year fixed rate buy-to-let...

77% of self-employed concerned over mortgage prospects

Over three-quarters of self-employed people are concerned about their prospects of getting a mortgage,...

Castle Trust revamps bridging offering

Castle Trust Bank has revamped its bridging range, introducing a number of new changes...

Skipton launches new limited edition deals

Skipton Building Society has announced a number of limited-edition products are being added to...
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COMMENT

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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Rosemount adopts intelliflo office for adviser network

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has integrated intelliflo office as its new customer relationship management...
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Untangled appoints Mark Harrison as chief commercial officer

Legal finance lender Untangled has appointed Mark Harrison as chief commercial officer, with responsibility...
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Advisers urged to consider later life lending before clients tap pension cash

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Target Group launches staff AI programme for regulated finance

Target Group has launched an AI Champion programme to encourage the responsible use of...

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