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New regional hub for Recognise Bank

Recognise Bank has opened a new regional hub in Leeds. Recognise will now be...

SmartSearch appoints new CEO

SmartSearch has announced the appointment of Guy Harrison as its new CEO. Harrison (pictured) is tasked with...

Impact Specialist Finance exclusives now on MortgageBrain

All of Impact Specialist Finance's exclusive and semi-exclusive products can now be sourced on...

Family BS cuts new business rates

Family Building Society has reduced rates on its mortgage product range for new business. The mutual...

Positive Commercial Finance provides new funder’s deals

Positive Commercial Finance has secured an exclusive bridging finance product and a semi-exclusive development...

New CEO for the Nottingham

The Nottingham has announced that Sue Hayes is to be appointed as its next...

BTL rates barely affected by Bank Rate rise

Despite the base rate rise in December from 0.1% to 0.25%, the average cost...

Halifax: house prices rose 9.8% in 2022

Halifax has reported that UK house prices climbed again in December for the sixth...

December 12% busier for mortgage searches year-on-year

Twenty7Tec has published its monthly findings from the UK mortgage market for December. Remortgages totalled...

Rise in accidental damage claims last year

Data from LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) revealed that accidental damage was the cause...

Leeds BS partnership plants 2,500 trees

Woodlands are being planted in the Yorkshire Dales to create wildlife habitats as part...

22% of customers don’t discuss equity release with family

71% of customers seeking equity release advice with immediate family said they had discussed...

Castle Trust Bank introduces new year improvements

Castle Trust Bank has reduced the rate on one of its most popular products,...

Pepper cleared to integrate Optimum Credit

Pepper Money has been given regulatory approval to complete its integration with Optimum Credit. Under...
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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...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

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