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FCA tells lenders to offer cost of living support

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is writing to over 3,500 lenders to remind them...

Connect for Intermediaries offer its brokers SmartrFit+ tool

Connect for Intermediaries has become the first network to provide its brokers with access...

Just Mortgages launches new white-label digital marketing solution

Just Mortgages has launched a white-labelled digital marketing package for self-employed brokers. Building on the...

Vernon BS partners with Brilliant Solutions

Vernon Building Society has teamed up with Brilliant Solutions to provide the mortgage club’s...

Virgin Money ups Core rates and withdraws exclusives

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage offering. It has withdrawn all of...

Over-55s unsure about their house size

Nearly a third of people aged over 55 feel their home is too big,...

OneDome launches lead exchange service

OneDome has launched a new service called Lead Exchange (Lead X) that enables estate...

TMA Club teams up with Standard Life Home Finance

TMA Club has launched a new partnership with Standard Life Home Finance, bringing its...

Paradigm welcomes new mortgage helpdesk manager

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of a new mortgage helpdesk manager. Diane Jones...

Alternative Bridging takes approach to Scotland

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its lending proposition for Scotland. The short-term lender is...

Crystal Specialist Finance adds trio to sales team

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has bolstered its sales function with three new hires. Mollie...

Assurant Intermediary launches Rent Guarantee & Legal Expenses product

Specialist general insurance provider, Assurant Intermediary, has introduced a landlord insurance product providing rent...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils 10-year interest-only fixed rate

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a 10-year interest-only mortgage product. The 10-year interest only fixed rate...

Changes in equity release customers’ needs and attitudes

Equity release funded an estimated £3 billion in retirement spending last year, according to...

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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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MIMHC extends mental health survey after record industry response

Mortgage professionals have been given an extra week to contribute to the Mortgage Industry...

e4 Strategic signs Project 28 Charter to speed up property transactions

Proptech provider e4 Strategic has joined the Project 28 Charter, an industry initiative intended...

Nomo joins Omni Mortgage Club lender panel

Omni Mortgage Club has added Sharia-compliant property finance provider Nomo to its lender panel. The...

United Trust Bank creates expanded role for buy-to-let and bridging

United Trust Bank has promoted Gene Clohessy to director of buy-to-let and bridging, giving...

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