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Phoebus Software takes aim at carbon zero target

As part of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policy, Phoebus Software Limited (PSL)...

Busy beginning to August for mortgage activity

Twenty7Tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for August 2022. The...

40% of UK adults save less than £100 a month

New data from protection and health insurer the Exeter has revealed that 40% of...

West One unveils bridging tracker range

West One Loans has launched a new bridging product range with variable interest rates...

‘Crunch time’ for Baby Boomers on cusp of retirement

43.1% of Baby Boomer households coming up to retirement (aged below 65) are meeting...

Smaller university locations lead student rental yield table

Paragon Bank has revealed the locations where landlords letting to students can achieve the...

Paradigm adds Even to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Even to its lender panel. Paradigm...

Gatehouse Bank reaches £1bn in financed assets

Gatehouse Bank has announced that it has surpassed £1 billion in financed assets. This milestone...

LifeSearch appoints chief data officer

Life insurance broker, LifeSearch, has appointed Sam Stafford in the newly created role of...

Rockstead unveils director of operations

Rockstead, the due diligence and business review provider, has added to its management team...

One Stop Invoice Finance appoints operations and risk director

East Yorkshire-based SME funding specialist, One Stop invoice finance, has announced the appointment of...

PEXA UK becomes Conveyancing Association Affiliate member

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced that PEXA, a digital platform for transacting remortgage...

West One Loans makes second charge team appointments

West One Loans has bolstered its second charge team with a series of new...

Largemortgageloans.com appoints three new advisers

Largemortgageloans.com (LML), the provider of bespoke mortgage advice to high net worth (HNW) individuals,...

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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...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

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Revived Help to Buy would inflate prices: Lamdin

Restoring Help to Buy would strengthen developers’ sales without solving the underlying affordability crisis...

One in three workers financially fragile despite being employed

More than a third of UK employees remain financially fragile despite being in work,...

Nationwide cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15%

Nationwide Building Society is reducing selected fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15 percentage...

L&G appoints Kerrigan to drive Ignite broker rollout

Legal & General has appointed Craig Kerrigan as broker relationship manager for its Ignite...

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