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Advise Wise adds new legal hub and allows direct legal instruction

Advise Wise has unveiled a ‘Direct Instruction’ feature enabling advisers to instruct solicitors directly...

ASTL launches new website

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has launched a new website, aimed at...

UK Finance predicts property market return to moderate growth

UK Finance has revealed its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together with projections for...

Alto selects SmartSearch as preferred AML supplier

Anti-money laundering specialist, SmartSearch, is to provide its customer verification system to Alto, the cloud-based software...

Paradigm Mortgage Services appoints relationship manager

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the promotion of Tom Hunt to the role of relationship...

Foundation launches festive fixed rate promotion

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new ‘Festive Fixed Rate Special’ at 3.04% for...

NatWest allows buy-to-let additional borrowing

NatWest has stated that new and existing buy-to-let landlords will be able to apply for...

Cirencester Friendly appoints director of risk & compliance

Cirencester Friendly has made an addition to its senior management team with the appointment...

Smartr365 adopts Experian’s Affordability Passport

Smartr365 is now offering customers and mortgage advisers "quicker, more accurate and bespoke support"...

Just Mortgages launches golden hello scheme

Just Mortgages has launched a new golden hello scheme to support experienced advisers who...

MAB New Homes partners with Generation Home

Mortgage Advice Bureau New Homes has teamed up with Generation Home in an attempt...

Hanley Economic BS unveils two fixed rate deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced two new residential fixed rate mortgages. The first is...

Debenhams Ottaway joins ASTL

Debenhams Ottaway has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

Twenty7Tec integrates CloudTwenty7 with Pepper Money

Twenty7Tec has integrated its CloudTwenty7 platform with Pepper Money, enabling advisers to submit mortgage...

COMMENT

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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FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk...

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