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Scale of stamp duty deadline pressure on conveyancers revealed

The number of exchanges between clients and conveyancing solicitors spiked last month as the...

Accord cuts mortgage rates and extends end dates

Accord Mortgages has withdrawn its current product range and will replace it at 9am...

Virgin Money & Clydesdale Bank improve lending to contractors

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank has made changes regards to lending to contractors. IR35 changes...

NatWest offers preferential rate on new green mortgage deal

NatWest Group has launched a new ‘green remortgage’ product. The new product will offer a...

L&G Mortgage Club offers exclusives with the Dudley

Legal & General Mortgage Club is offering advisers access to an exclusive five-year fixed-rate...

Home and garden improvements top priorities for over-40s

36% of homeowners aged over 40 say they would prioritise home or garden improvements, according...

Slight quarterly rise in equity release borrowing

The Equity Release Council has reported that over-55 homeowners accessed £1.17bn of property wealth...

ASTL reveals 2021 annual conference details

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced the date for its 2021...

The Dudley partners with Whistlebrook

Whistlebrook, a provider of back office systems to the financial services sector, is providing...

Hope Capital unveils its lowest ever bridging loan rate

Hope Capital has made changes to its discounted rate Loan product with rates now...

Royal London improves CI cover for parents

Royal London has made changes to its critical illness cover (CIC) to help improve...

The Right DA Club cuts RegData costs

The Right DA Club has reduced the price of its Gabriel/RegData report service, as...

Age Partnership appoints director of switching

Age Partnership has announced the senior appointment of an executive director of switching, Matt...

Debt burden for one in three 2021 retirees

32% of people retiring in 2021 will be doing so in the red, according...

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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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