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Iress adds Features enhancement to income protection

Iress has introduced an improvement to its quote and apply software The Exchange, enabling...

United Trust Bank ups max residential first charge mortgage size

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased its maximum residential first charge mortgage size to...

Complete short broker survey to enter prize draw

BestAdvice is surveying brokers on their thoughts on the bridging finance market in the...

First 4 Bridging appoints key account manager

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the appointment of Drena Gashi as a key...

Later life divorcees need brokers’ help

Brokers should see an opportunity arising from the rise in the number of people...

Pepper Money appoints regional development manager

Pepper Money has bolstered its sales team with the recruitment of Keith Campsie as...

5m homeowners to borrow for fund home improvements

46% of UK homeowners - 15 million people -  are planning improvements to their...

Just Wealth launches ESG training programme

Just Wealth has improved its training programme to support its self-employed advisers’ knowledge of...

Four new appointments at Mint Property Finance

Mint Property Finance has created four new positions. Joseph Haworth, who joins as finance director,...

Clear gender divide in retirement confidence

There is a gender divide when it comes to retirement confidence, Canada Life has...

PMS Mortgage Club and Key Group launch Later Life Solutions

PMS Mortgage Club has partnered with Key Group to launch Later Life Solutions, a...

Pepper Money unveils new 75% LTV residential deals

Pepper Money has unveiled new Limited Edition residential products available up to 75% LTV. The...

United Trust Bank appoints head of sales for bridging

United Trust Bank (UTB) has promoted Owen Bentley to become its head of sales...

Ceta Insurance hires new head of marketing

Ceta Insurance has appointed James Robathan as head of marketing. He is tasked with developing...

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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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Regional divide reshapes landlord investment plans

Landlords are reassessing where they invest as regional differences in yields, arrears and void...

Saffron challenges five complex income myths

Saffron for Intermediaries has urged brokers not to dismiss complex income cases as changing...

Accord cuts selected mortgage rates by up to 0.18%

Accord Mortgages will reduce selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.18%...

Scottish BS deploys AI across all customer interactions

Scottish Building Society has partnered with Malted AI to analyse every customer interaction across...

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