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Together posts pre-tax profit of £162.7m

Together Financial Services Limited has announced its results for the year ended 30 June...

Landbay cuts two-year buy-to-let rates

Landbay is lowering interest rates on its two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages. This will apply to...

Air to hold annual later life lending awards

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, will be hosting the UK’s first...

Majority of landlords supporting tenants with rising cost of living

75% of residential landlords have taken steps to support tenants during the current cost-of-living...

£200,000 cash injection helps construction social enterprise

A home counties-based social enterprise, which provides training and employment opportunities for young people...

Loans Warehouse sees fall in 85% LTV second charge lending

Loans Warehouse has stated that second charge lending totalled £166.5 million in August 2022,...

Zinga partners with Pepper to help self-employed adverse client

Zinga Financial Services has completed a hard to place case for an Almost Primer...

Retirement impossible for foreseeable future for 37% of over-55s

A new survey has indicated how the cost-of-living crisis has affected UK adults’ retirement...

Scotland’s house price growth continues

Walker Fraser Steele has reported that annual Scottish house price growth is currently running...

LifeQuote conducts ‘major’ digital transformation

Protection specialist LifeQuote has introduced major improvements to its CRM and quoting system. Recent...

More people would seek next mortgage quote online

Consumers are becoming savvier than ever before when it comes to getting mortgage quotes,...

Glenhawk secures £200m NatWest funding line

Glenhawk has agreed a £200 million senior funding line with NatWest Markets, which will...

Regulated firms ‘wasting time’ on manual identity checks

Regulated firms using manual methods of verification to onboard new individual customers are wasting...

Clydesdale Bank unveils further rate rises

Clydesdale Bank has announced changes to a selection of mortgage products. The changes took place...

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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