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West One unveils two-year fixed rate second charge products

West One Loans has reintroduced a range of priced two-year fixed rate products to...

Sesame Bankhall Group makes three senior internal appointments

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced three senior internal appointments to help drive the...

Stonebridge improves Compliance Operating Model

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has launched a further enhancement to its...

Cynergy Business Finance provides £150m of funding in first year

Cynergy Business Finance (CBF), the asset-based lending (ABL) arm of Cynergy Bank, has surpassed...

Halifax reports another fall in average house prices

Halifax has reported that average house prices fell by -0.4% in October, compared to...

Castle Trust Bank relaunches TermTen

Castle Trust Bank has relaunched its TermTen buy-to-let product in a move designed to offer...

28% of landlords plan to sell properties

Mortgage brokers say that more than a quarter of their landlord clients plan to...

Quantum Mortgages improves offering

Quantum Mortgages has launched Switch to Fix and reduced its tracker rates. In addition, it...

Positive Lending unveils new later life lending solutions

Positive Lending is bolstering its suite of property financial solutions with a range of...

Two in every five SMEs fear insolvencies or mass redundancies

41% of established small and medium businesses (those with between 10 and 100 employees)...

Over 18m struggled to access NHS treatments when needed

New data from protection and health insurer the Exeter has revealed that over 18...

Twenty7Tec: mortgage availability has stabilised

Twenty7tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for October 2022. The...

30m expect their personal finances to worsen over next quarter

Research from pensions and retirement specialist LV= highlights how personal finances of millions of...

Lenders’ systems “under immense pressure”

Iress has launched its 2022 Mortgage Efficiency Survey, highlighting the opportunities and challenges faced...

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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