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Norton Broker Services completes fast regulated re-bridge

Norton Broker Services and Spring Finance have partnered to complete a regulated re-bridge loan...

Skipton BS is third best big company to work for

Skipton Building Society has been named the third Best Big Company to work for...

Energy costs forcing habit changes

88% of British householders are concerned about the rising cost of energy, according to...

High Court judgment on unauthorised mortgage brokers

The FCA has obtained a judgment against London Property Investments (U.K) Limited (LPI), NPI...

Loughborough BS extends criteria to include lending on flats

Loughborough Building Society has extended lending criteria across its residential, buy-to-let and shared ownership...

Electronic verification “saves regulated firms money”

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has claimed that regulated firms who use manual verification...

Somo to offer Black Friday valuation deal

Somo Bridging has announced the launch of its one-day-only Black Friday 2022 event on...

Sancus completes £10.95m development loan

Sancus Lending Group has completed a £10.95m loan to support Bowsfield, an All Saints...

Groundsure introduces climate risk microsite for conveyancers

Environmental analytics business Groundsure has launched a new climate change microsite for conveyancers. The site...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts fixed rates and launches trackers

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced a number of fixed rate residential products. These include two,...

Access FS reveals next academy details

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services, is about to run its next academy...

HMRC targeting residential landlords with ‘nudge letters’

HMRC is targeting residential landlords in its latest nudge campaign that it suspects are...

Bluestone Mortgages cuts 3 & 5-year fixed rates

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a rate reduction across its three-year and five-year fixed product...

OSB Group receives employee wellbeing support recognition

OSB Group has been awarded the Campaign for Learning Award for the wellbeing support...

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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