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JLM AR firm launches hard of hearing and deaf advice campaign

JLM Mortgage Services has announced the launch of a campaign by its appointed representative...

Ceta Insurance expands specialist boat insurance offering

Ceta Insurance has expanded its boat insurance offering by adding boat insurance specialists Topsail...

Advisers optimistic about equity release market

Equity release lender, more2life, has found that 94% of advisers are confident about the outlook for...

Alternative Bridging Corporation makes service appointments

Alternative Bridging Corporation has recruited a new underwriter and case manager. Kalpna Patel joins Alternative...

Continued growth in asset finance sector

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that total asset finance new business...

The Mortgage Lender now on MBT Affordability

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added The Mortgage Lender (TML) to its MBT Affordability...

Nearly half of all landlords cut rent payments because of Covid

Shawbrook Bank has found that 46% of landlords reduced monthly rent payments for their...

Covid hitting self-employed incomes the hardest

85% of self-employed people across the country say their income hasn’t yet returned to...

Newcastle Intermediaries rejoins large loan market

Newcastle Intermediaries has re-entered the large loan market with a new offering and products...

New two and five-year fixes from Platform

Platform has introduced a new range of five-year fixed rate mortgages for borrowers looking...

FCA secures High Court Order against illegal money lender

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has obtained a High Court Order to remove around...

PRIMIS reveals monthly broker support stats

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has revealed that its product desk supported Appointed Representative (AR) advisers...

Key Group appoints corporate business development manager

Key Group has appointed Jonathan Valentine as corporate business development manager to develop new...

Santander extends later life partnership with L&G

Legal & General Home Finance has announced the extension of its five-year partnership with...

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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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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...

Bristol tops 2026 Japanese knotweed hotspots

Bristol has retained its position as England’s Japanese knotweed capital, recording more than twice...

Marsden passes £100m Guernsey lending milestone

Marsden Building Society has surpassed £100m in mortgage completions in Guernsey through its partnership...

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