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Legal & General Group Protection launches Wellbeing Advisory Board

Legal & General Group Protection has formed a new Wellbeing Advisory Board, covering a...

Tuscan Capital appoints underwriter

Tuscan Capital has announced that Jade Lidiard has joined as an underwriter. Lidiard (pictured)...

Zoopla: house price inflation losing momentum fast

Zoopla has reported that the UK’s current house price inflation has slowed to 7.8%,...

Roger Morris joins Tandem Bank

Roger Morris is to become director of sales and distribution for the mortgage division...

Mercantile Trust accept automated valuations for bridging

Mercantile Trust has introduced Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) into its bridging loan process. AVMs...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new mortgage deals

Clydesdale Bank has introduced some new mortgage products. The new products are as follows: New customer...

RICS welcomes new home insulation grant scheme

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has welcomed the announcement that the government...

Half of all tenants worry about affording rent in 2023

As rent rises for the majority of UK renters, half are worried they will...

Skipton BS to give all mortgage customers a free EPC Plus report

Skipton Building Society is to invest £11m in greening UK homes by giving all...

Virgin Money simplifies buy-to-let lending policy

Virgin Money has made changes to its buy-to-let lending policy, which it says will...

Climate crisis worrying majority of householders

New research from specialist lender Hodge has found that 52% of British householders are...

71% of people concerned about their financial situation

Pepper Money has revealed the impact the cost-of-living crisis is having on the finances...

Fleet Mortgages reduces 5 and 7-year fixed rates

Fleet Mortgages has announced rate cuts across all five and seven-year fixed-rate mortgages for...

MPowered Mortgages cuts fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has reduced rates for the fourth time since the 'mini budget'. The fixed rate...

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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Target Group launches staff AI programme for regulated finance

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

Employment history rises up brokers’ mortgage search agenda

Employment history became a more pressing concern for mortgage brokers in July as changing...

Half of homes taking longer to sell as regional divide widens

Homes in almost half of Great Britain’s local authority areas are taking longer to...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested...

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