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New anti-scam hub from the Nottingham

With fraudsters increasingly using the Covid-19 pandemic to illegally cash in via a number...

Virgin Money unveils app for first-time buyers

Virgin Money has launched Home Buying Coach, a new tool designed to simplify the...

Nationwide now available on Mortgage Brain’s Lendex

The Nationwide Building Society has joined and is available on Lendex, Mortgage Brain's new...

iPipeline appoints new national account manager

iPipeline has recruited Jacqui Weddell as its new national account manager. Weddell (pictured) has over 25 years...

Mortgage Engine partners with Fluent Mortgages

Mortgage Engine has developed its API connection with Fluent Mortgages. The brokerage believes the technology could...

UTB and Freedom Finance completes ‘industry first’ second charge

United Trust Bank (UTB) and Freedom Finance have completed their first ‘application to offer’...

Stonebridge maintains monthly upgrades for Revolution

Stonebridge has announced further development to its trading platform, Revolution, with a focus on...

Smartr365 appoints design and experience director

Smartr365 has announced the appointment of Jens as design and experience director. Wikholm is tasked with...

Mortgage Brain: product numbers remain a concern

Mortgage Brain saw more ESIS generated through its sourcing systems in July than any...

Mortgage advisory firm signs up to Credit Assess

Click2Check has announced that Chartwell Mortgage Services has become the latest advisory firm to...

360 Dotnet launches Gabriel reporting tool

360 Dotnet has introduced a new tool within 360 Lifecycle to help intermediaries access...

Network signs five-year cloud deal with Twenty7Tec

Twenty7Tec has entered into a five-year agreement to provide its CloudTwenty7 platform to Primis. LSL...

Shariah-compliant provider joins Knowledge Bank

Gatehouse Bank's products are now available on the Knowledge Bank platform. Gatehouse provides Shariah-compliant mortgage...

Mortgage Brain: summer ESIS volumes surpass pre-Covid levels

Mortgage Brain has reported that the volume of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...
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If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

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Mortgage lending availability falls as banks anticipate recovery in demand

Mortgage credit availability and demand for house purchase and remortgaging all declined during the...
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L&G broadens adviser training to cover retirement and estate planning

L&G has extended its Adviser Academy webinar programme to help financial advisers address a...
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Four in five homeowners have taken no action to protect against extreme weather

Almost eight in 10 homeowners have made no specific preparations to protect their properties...
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Expat mortgage applications hampered by income verification difficulties

Almost two-thirds of mortgage brokers identify proving overseas income and affordability as the biggest...

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