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Brightstar to hold free broker webinars

Brightstar Financial has introduced a series of free webinars to provide brokers with the...

HTB Structured Asset Finance completes £3m deal

HTB Structured Asset Finance has completed a £3m asset refinance to assist a container...

OneSearch to offer LMS’ Confirmly to clients

UK local search data company, OneSearch, is partnering with panel management specialist LMS to...

OneFamily to acquire Beagle Street

OneFamily will be acquiring Beagle Street by the end of the year, in a...

Redwood Bank makes BDM hire

Redwood Bank has appointed a new business development manager (BDM). Rob Thompson will be...

Adverse credit dominates Primis’ Q3 broker queries

Primis Mortgage Network has revealed that the network’s product desk helped appointed representative (AR)...

One Stop Business Finance secures Shawbrook facility boost

Specialist lender, One Stop Business Finance, has secured an extension of up to £4...

Skipton tailors new mortgages to first-time buyers

Skipton Building Society is launching a suite of new mortgage products tomorrow (25 October). ...

Bridging lender sells off minority stake

MT Finance has revealed that an American investment company focusing on fixed-income investments has...

23% growth in Shawbrook loan book

Shawbrook Group has issued its trading update for the three months ended 30 September...

Consistency remains in mortgage searches

Mortgage criteria searches remained consistent from August to September, according to results from Legal...

Bevan Money completes banking pre-application stage

Bevan Money, which is aiming to become a bank with a focus on providing...

Landbay introduces five-year fixed rate deals with variable fees

Landbay has launched a range of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let products with variable fee...

Newcastle Intermediaries returns with new customer mortgage range

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new range of mortgage products designed to support customers...

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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