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Central Trust revamps portal & originations platform

Central Trust has improved its front-end portal and developed its own origination platform. The lender...

Syscap relaunches lending with HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is relaunching HTB Syscap, the lender of short-term loans to...

MPowered Mortgages unveils seven and 10-year fixes

MPowered Mortgages has expanded its prime residential offering with the launch of seven and...

Newcastle Intermediaries adds new three-year fixed rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new range of three-year fixed rates as part of...

Brightstar introduces Women Into Finance scheme

The Brightstar Group has launched a scheme to encourage young women into a career...

Alternative Bridging provides development loan in under 14 days

Alternative Bridging Corporation has completed a development loan within two weeks. Alan Perry, a...

Phoebus trains up mental health first aiders

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has introduced mental health first aiders into its workplace for...

Lendlord integrates with property portal

Property investor platform, Lendlord has launched an integration with property portal, Property.xyz. The integration enhances...

H&R BS appoints new COO

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has welcomed its new chief operating officer (COO) to...

Richard Deacon joins Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has announced that Richard Deacon has joined as sales director, responsible for...

Female financial confidence growing but major gaps remain

54% of women in the UK consider their financial plans for retirement to be...

Reward Finance provides accountants with cash injection

An accountancy and business support firm is destined for growth after agreeing a funding...

Limited company purchase plans at three-year high

Paragon Bank has revealed that the proportion of landlords who plan to purchase their...

Young people cutting back on spending more than other groups

Yorkshire Building Society has warned of the detrimental long-term economic impact of the cost-of-living...

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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Iress UK lifts underlying earnings as costs fall

Iress UK increased underlying adjusted earnings by 43% in the first half of 2026...

Modern auction house sales rise by 14.5%

House purchases through modern method auctions increased by 14.5% year on year as buyers...

The West Brom widens mortgage access for foreign nationals

West Brom Building Society has launched a mortgage range for foreign nationals living and...

Wealthy borrowers favour liquidity as specialist lending grows

High-net-worth borrowers are increasingly using finance to preserve liquidity and manage their wider wealth...

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