Regulation

SmartSearch appoints new VP of technology

SmartSearch has promoted Andrew Booth to the position of vice president of technology, one...

Brightstar partners with LIBF to deliver CPSP

The Brightstar Group is adopting a group-wide strategy to support team members achieve the...

Air Academy adds new LIBF-accredited affordability module

Air Academy, the later-life lending learning platform, has introduced a new affordability module. The module...

73% of regulated firms failing to adopt Open Banking

Nearly three quarters (73%) of regulated firms that take on new individual customers and...

Vast majority of HLP advisers optimistic about the year ahead

A recent survey conducted by mortgage network, HLPartnership, (HLP) saw around 90% of its...

Windsor Hill Mortgages rejoins Stonebridge

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has welcomed advisory practice, Windsor Hill Mortgages,...

EPC target possible but not without challenges

91.5% of properties with a known EPC in the UK could meet future target...

Signposting vulnerable consumers “is not enough”

Signposting a vulnerable client to a different organisation for help is not enough to...

SMEs express real dilemma over Net Zero

Following the COP28 conference which ended last week, research from specialist business lending provider,...

Mistrust of technology risks money laundering

36% of people in regulated firms who say they can’t trust electronic ID verification...

Always time to mitigate your fraud risk

In times of economic uncertainty, the risk of fraudulent activity and financial crime often...

MARS upgraded to improve Consumer Duty functionality

MorganAsh has announced a range of upgrades to its consumer vulnerability assessment platform. The latest...

Bankhall rolls out Model Office to DA firms

Bankhall is updating its audit process with the roll-out of Model Office-MO to its...

One third of older homeowners see themselves as vulnerable

32% of people aged 50–79 years consider themselves vulnerable, according to a LiveMore survey...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

News

Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...
Appointments

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...
Technology

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...
ESG

Consumers put greater trust in B Corp certified financial providers, says Cumberland

More than half of consumers say they would feel more confident in their bank...

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