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Countrywide Surveying Services launches data-driven engine for faster, smarter valuations

Countrywide Surveying Services has unveiled a new valuation decisioning platform aimed at transforming the...

OMS and Monument Technology join forces to deliver integrated lending platform

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with Monument Technology in a move designed to...

StreamBank expands regional reach with new BDM for Midlands, Wales and the West

Specialist lender StreamBank has appointed Amy Robinson as business development manager for the Midlands,...

SM Advice launches BSL-translated social media service to tackle financial exclusion among the deaf community

SM Advice, a specialist social media management firm for financial services professionals, has launched...

HSBC narrows product switch window in phased move

HSBC has confirmed it is continuing with its phased reduction to the product switch...

Housing affordability crisis deepens for FTBs as stamp duty changes take toll

A sharp rise in the number of first-time buyer homes now subject to stamp...

Bridge Help bolsters business development team

Bridge Help has expanded its business development team with the appointment of Daisy Wilson,...

Borrowers lean towards short-term deals as rate cuts loom, says Family Building Society

A growing number of UK mortgage borrowers are shunning five-year fixed deals in favour...

ModaMortgages offering zero fee options at 80% LTV

ModaMortgages has broadened its buy-to-let range by introducing new £0 fee products at up...

Fleet Mortgages unveils £1,000 cashback and rate cuts on HMO buy-to-let products

Fleet Mortgages has announced fresh rate reductions across its five-year fixed-rate HMO and multi-unit...

Coventry for intermediaries reduces residential and buy-to-let fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has announced rate reductions across selected fixed mortgage products, offering brokers...

Atom bank adopts Provenir platform to modernise risk decisioning

Atom bank has selected Provenir’s AI-powered decisioning platform as part of a strategic move...

Suffolk BS drops rates on buy-to-let and holiday let mortgages

Suffolk Building Society has announced a series of rate reductions across its buy-to-let and...

StreamBank backs Birmingham commercial property sale with £720k bridging loan

StreamBank has provided a £720,000 commercial bridging loan to support the sale of a...

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Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

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Rayner stands down after stamp duty inquiry

Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary after Sir Laurie...

The Newcastle launches 98% mortgage to support first-time buyers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has unveiled a new mortgage product designed to help first-time buyers...

New Chetwood Bank hire to spearhead move into bridging

Chetwood Bank has appointed Richard Lawton as director of bridging as it prepares to...

Mortgage advisers urged to broaden later life lending advice

Mortgage advisers must be prepared to consider the full range of later life lending...