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Alexander Hall adopts 360 Lifecycle’s AML and eIDV

Alexander Hall, a mortgage brokerage, has launched 360 Lifecycle's electronic identity data verification (eIDV)...

Reshuffle following completion of The Loan Partnership acquisition

Following the announcement in May that Pivotal Growth had agreed to purchase The Loan...

Skipton unveils new rate reductions

Skipton Building Society has made further changes to its mortgage product suite. Today it has...

MPowered Mortgages expands residential fixed rate range

MPowered Mortgages has launched its new residential three and seven-year fixed rate mortgage ranges. The...

New mortgage deals from Clydesdale Bank

Clydesdale Bank has made a number of changes to its product range. The changes are...

UTB funds Nacropolis off-market acquisition

United Trust Bank (UTB) Structured Property Finance has provided a £3.76m sales period facility...

Nottingham BS to provide £600m funding to Gen H

Nottingham Building Society (NBS) and fintech mortgage lender Gen H have agreed a new...

Barclays pilots Greener Home Reward

75% of homeowners intend to make energy efficiency-related changes to their homes, with 90% hoping to...

LRG joins GetGround’s partner network

Leaders Romans Group (LRG), a property services and lettings business, and GetGround, the buy-to-let...

Just Mortgages welcomes its largest broker academy intake to date

National brokerage Just Mortgages is to welcome its biggest ever academy intake in November,...

LiveMore rejoins mortgage market

LiveMore Capital has returned to the mortgage sector, having temporarily suspended its products due...

MagiClick to enhance Precise’s digital customer journey

MagiClick has been appointed by Precise Mortgages to create and deliver a website designed...

HTB appoints development finance lending director

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Barney Iles as lending director within its development...

Market volatility makes surveys more important

Legal & General Surveying Services is urging homeowners to avoid any hidden costs during...

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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