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CapitalRise reaches originations milestone

Prime property finance firm CapitalRise has originated more than £200m in loans, funding developments...

Paradigm Protect adds Cirencester Friendly to panel

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has added Cirencester Friendly’s range of Income...

New BDM at Family Building Society

Stuart Heavens has been appointed as business development manager (BDM) at the Family Building...

Hope Capital unveils ‘land without planning permission’ bridge

Hope Capital will now lend on land without planning permission, offering up to 50%...

Over-40s risking retirement with 35-year mortgages

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the FCA gathered by wealth manager, Quilter,...

HTB recruits development finance lending directors

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Rob Syrett and Jason Wilmot...

Suffolk BS returns to residential, holiday let and BTL lending

Suffolk Building Society has now launched products across its residential, holiday let and buy-to-let...

Majority of existing fixed rate mortgages ending within three years

55% of homeowners are coming to the end of their fixed term deal within...

Mint Property Finance appoints pair of development portfolio managers

Mint Property Finance has expanded its team with the appointment of Ian Jones and...

CrowdProperty appoints head of business development for London & the South

CrowdProperty has announced the appointment of Andreas Yianni as head of business development for...

Molo Finance unveils new buy-to-let products

Digital mortgage lending platform, Molo Finance, is adding new products to its buy-to-let range. Relaunching...

Legal & General Retail makes executive team appointments

Legal & General Retail, which has 12 million retail customers and workplace members overing...

Hoowla integrates with LMS’ Confirmly

LMS has announced the integration of Confirmly, its secure identity checking technology, with Hoowla,...

Time Finance introduces new ABL offering

Time Finance has launched its new asset-based lending (ABL) solution. Its ABL offering enables businesses...

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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