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IRESS: making “pleasing progress” in UK

IRESS has published its half year results for the six months to 30 June 2015,...

Police Mutual selects Mortgage Brain

Police Mutual has chosen Mortgage Brain’s suite of mortgage technology solutions for its mortgage...

New intermediary portal from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched its new Intermediary Mortgage Portal. The dedicated broker channel of Saffron...

Boardroom changes at Target

Target Group has announced a restructuring of its board to prepare the business for further growth...

LV= invests in ‘robo-adviser’ 

Retirement player LV= has taken a majority stake in automated advice business Wealth Wizards. LV=...

Halifax launches mobile AIP tool

Halifax has unveiled a mobile Agreement in Principle (AIP) tool which it claims lets...

New product manager for Twenty7Tec Group

Twenty7Tec has appointed John Penn as the new product manager for its MortgageApply platform. Penn...

NACFB platform plans reach next step

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has revealed that it has received...

IRESS unveils new sourcing product

IRESS has launched XPLAN Mortgage, its new product for mortgage intermediaries. The firm aims...

360 Sourcing breaks £100m barrier

Specialist packager Positive Lending has revealed that its secured loan sourcing platform 360 Sourcing...

Just Retirement adopts Vizolution’s vScreen

Just Retirement has deployed vScreen from Vizolution following a trial. vScreen is a...

vScreen saves Wesleyan a round-the-world trip

Wesleyan claims its financial consultants saved enough mileage last month to circumnavigate the globe following the...

Connect Mortgage Club adopts Twenty7Tec sourcing platform

Connect Mortgage Club has selected the Twenty7Tec's combined mortgage, secured loan and bridging sourcing system as...

Phoebus partners with Connexica

Phoebus Software has embarked upon a strategic partnership with software company Connexica to provide...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Gen H launches affordability-focused mortgage scheme

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, which...

Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...