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Callcredit partners with Smartr365 to speed up applications

Callcredit Information Group has announced a partnership with a new fintech platform, Smartr365, to speed...

HSBC announces more branch closures

HSBC is to shut another 62 bank branches the year.  The decision is likely to lead to...

Aldermore appoints CIO

Aldermore has announced the appointment of Rebecca Bunyan as its chief information officer (CIO). She...

Source helps brokers to take on comparison websites

Source Insurance has launched a new range of exclusive integration options designed to empower intermediaries to...

Major funding for digital mortgage broker

Digital mortgage broker Habito has raised £5.5m in Series A funding led by Silicon...

Conveyancing Association announces new affiliate member

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced the addition of Legal Eye to its roster...

New functionality for TBMC’s SAQS

TBMC has introduced new functionality for its buy-to-let Sourcing and Quotation System (SAQS) which will...

Twenty7Tec improves further advance sourcing

Twenty7Tec has made improvements to its MortgageSource system, that will enable brokers to compare...

Target Group acquires Commercial First

Target Group has announced the purchase of the operating business of Commercial First. Established...

Paradigm partners with financial capability platform

Paradigm Mortgage Services has embarked upon a new strategic partnership with financial capability platform...

Age Partnership buys web firm

Age Partnership has acquired website development and optimisation business The Marketing Lab. The acquisition sees...

Mortgage advice isn’t immune to the technological revolution

Given the fact that 2016 was so unpredictable, it seems rather foolish to be...

Personal Touch to go LIVE in Birmingham

Adviser network Personal Touch has revealed details of its fifth annual 'LIVE' event. The member event...

Tenet unveils direct to lender second charge sourcing solution

Mortgage Brain has launched TenetLoansBrain, a direct to lender second charge sourcing solution enabling...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Accord Mortgages cuts residential rates by up to 0.40%

Accord Mortgages has cut rates on a broad range of residential products, with some...

Construction output rises in Q2 but new orders slump

UK construction output rose in the second quarter of 2025 but a sharp fall...

Atom bank lowers prime and near prime rates again

Atom bank has announced further rate cuts across its prime and near prime mortgage...

Mortgage arrears fall but possessions edge higher

Mortgage arrears across both the homeowner and buy-to-let sectors fell in the second quarter...