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Iress appoints head of engineering for mortgages

Iress has appointed Steve Green as head of engineering, mortgages. He will be responsible...

New five-year fixes from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is introducing new mortgage products today (Wednesday 10 August). The lender is also...

Property wealth funding travel boom

Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) has revealed that customer equity release drawdown data...

Mortgage Magic unveils digital package for brokers

Mortgage Magic has introduced a digital package aimed at helping brokers to revamp their...

The Mortgage Lender expands business development team

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has appointed Nicola Ashby and Keith Campsie as business development...

Environmental concerns losing importance for house buyers

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, new call data from Moneypenny, shows eco...

Retirees returning to work due to cost-of-living crisis

Paragon has found that nearly one in 10 retirees have returned to the workforce...

Allica Bank completes AIB customer migration

Allica Bank has successfully migrated the acquired customers from AIB’s GB SME lending portfolio...

MSB Solicitors announces promotions

North West-based full-service law firm, MSB Solicitors, has announced the promotion of four employees...

Mortgage intermediary confidence remains high despite fall

The latest data from IMLA's Mortgage Market Tracker has revealed that intermediary case volumes...

Canada Life looks at long-term financial planning within families

Canada Life has introduced a new element in its ‘Long Term Close Up’ campaign...

Double appointment for Ringley Group’s valuation department 

Residential asset management and operating partner Ringley Group has announced a double executive hire,...

New home completions up by 16%

New home completions have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to latest data from NHBC. A...

Insurance professionals see restricted cover as greatest threat to trust

Restricted cover is the biggest threat to public trust in the insurance profession in...

COMMENT

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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