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Pepper Money introduces automated valuations

Pepper Money has introduced the use of automated valuations (AVMs) on selected residential remortgages...

Aviva offers digital protection dashboard for advisers

Aviva has joined CIExpert's newly-launched Insight Zone. This offers a digital dashboard to streamline an adviser’s protection...

Crystal Specialist Finance unveils THRIVE campaign

Crystal Specialist Finance in continuing its commitment to support mental health and wellbeing in the...

Equity Release Supermarket expands into new offices

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has relocated its office premises to the North West’s largest...

Metro Bank moves into SME insurance

Metro Bank has partnered with Churchill Expert, part of the Direct Line Group, to...

IGF appoints asset based lending director 

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has appointed Jamie O’Neill as asset based lending (ABL) director. He will focus on origination activity...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts selected residential rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected rates on its residential mortgage range at 50-75%...

Smartr365 launches white-labelled marketing tool for brokers

Smartr365 has launched HomeBuyer, a white-labelled brand that is designed to provider brokers the...

New guide launches on World Suicide Prevention Day to support advisers and clients

A new guide has been launched to help support advisers when talking about suicide-related...

Darlington BS welcomes NE First Home pilot

Darlington Building Society (DBS) has become involved in the government’s First Home scheme, designed...

Convey Law helps pair of charities

Convey Law has donated funds to help two charities, the MS Society and Many...

New identity for Dock9

Following the acquisition of the specialist financial services digital agency Dock9 by MagiClick at...

Regulator to “move faster” to remove unused permissions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued draft guidance on a new power that allows it to move faster to remove regulatory permissions that...

Habito joins Tenet’s buy-to-let lender panel

Tenet Network Services has added Habito to its lender panel. The network's 700 mortgage advisers...

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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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PropTech silos prolong mortgage journey, Houzecheck warns

Disconnected property technology is creating new data silos instead of delivering faster mortgage and...

Swansea BS completes £25k charity fund with YMCA Cardiff donation

Swansea Building Society has completed an anniversary charity fund with a £3,000 donation to...

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...

No mandate for automatic cohabitation rights, Deech warns

Proposals giving cohabiting couples automatic rights over homes, pensions and other assets lack clear...

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