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ASTL outlines Annual Conference agenda

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced the agenda for its Annual...

Virgin Money ups Core and Product transfer rates

Virgin Money is making some changes to a number of products tonight (1 September). The...

Workers want employers to help with cost of living

Research from Canada Life has revealed that 80% of employees feel their employer should...

Family BS appoints BDM for Central London

Amar Mashru has been appointed as a business development manager (BDM) at the Family...

More over 65s are still working than six years ago

New Aviva research has found that more people in the UK aged between 65...

Credas introduces Open Banking-powered financial checks

Credas has added financial checks to its offering via its new Open Banking module. Through...

Annual house price growth remains in double digits

Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth softened in August. That said,...

Atom bank accredited to new Recovery Loan Scheme iteration

Atom bank has been accredited to the latest iteration of the Recovery Loan Scheme...

Mortgage Intelligence and Uinsure extend partnership

Uinsure and Mortgage Intelligence have bolstered their partnership with the introduction of new products,...

CA seeks industry views on conveyancing process

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new survey of all conveyancing firms asking...

Mortgage affordability falls to lowest level this year

Mortgage affordability has dropped to its lowest level in 2022, according to the latest...

Tuscan Capital unveils bank base rate tracker option

Tuscan Capital has announced the launch of a new base rate tracker option. The new...

HLPartnership appoints protection development specialist

Mortgage and protection network, HL Partnership, has appointed Ian Pratt to help drive its...

Connect for Intermediaries partners with ‘rent-to-own’ specialist

Connect Network has partnered with rent-to-own specialist, Keyzy. Keyzy enables people to move into...

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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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