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OneFamily supports housing advice charity

OneFamily is to provide financial support and volunteer its commercial expertise to the charity...

Andrew Bloom joins Fintern as non-executive director

Andrew Bloom, former CEO of Masthaven Bank, has joined the board of Fintern as...

Shawbrook’s new portal facilitates offers in three hours

Shawbrook Bank has worked with Watts Commercial Finance to provide formal mortgage offers to...

Enra Specialist Finance moves into new green office space

Enra Specialist Finance has moved into an "environmentally-friendly" office in the centre of Watford...

Target Group appoints non-executive director  

Target Group has announced the appointment of Andrew McIntyre as a non-executive director on...

Together takes out new 25-year lease on Manchester HQ

Together has signed a new 25-year lease on its £39 million headquarters as it...

Covid has not caused a spike in protection demand

The Covid-19 pandemic has not led into a rise of requests for protection, despite...

Uinsure partners with Open Money

Uinsure has launched a partnership with financial advice business, Open Money. The partnership will see...

HMRC delays Making Tax Digital deadline

HM Revenue Customers (HRMC) has announced that the deadline for Making Tax Digital for...

Trussle aims to hire 1,000 advisers next year

Trussle is looking to recruit 1,000 new advisers through 2022, with 100 in place...

TML ups MUB maximum loan amount

The Mortgage Lender has increased its maximum loan amount for multi-unit blocks (MUB) and...

West One’s BTL range available to PRIMIS members

West One Loans has been appointed to the PRIMIS Mortgage Network panel. The lender has...

Stability returning to the equity release market

The Equity Release Council has revealed that mortgage repayments rose by 20% to reach a...

Bridging lender completes £850k deal in under 24 hours

KSEYE has completed a £850,000 loan in less than 24 hours to enable a...

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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...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

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Untangled completes Ampla Finance rebrand with new website

Specialist lender Untangled has launched a new website, completing its transition from Ampla Finance. The...

L&G cuts rates for new optional payment lifetime mortgages

L&G has introduced rate reductions of between 0.01% and 1.00% for new customers taking...

Mortgage payments are leading source of financial pressure for borrowers

More than half of UK mortgage holders worry about their repayments at least once...

StrideUp cuts HMO and MUFB finance rates and raises broker fees

StrideUp has reduced rates across its houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and multi-unit freehold...

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