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Advise Wise launches new cost of borrowing calculator

Later life lending sourcing platform Advise Wise has added a new Cost of Borrowing...

How lenders’ new freedoms are undermining client relationships

Can we expect lenders to try and tighten their grip on borrowers at their...

Getting to Know You: Matt Coulson, Heron Financial

Name: Matt Coulson Age: 39 Location: Newcastle Firm: Heron Financial Education: High school Specialty: Tech-enabled mortgage advice, ethical...

Mortgage Brain expands customer success team with two new hires

Mortgage Brain has strengthened its customer success team with the appointment of Richard Bethune-Wright...

LifeSearch adds digital trust capability to online life insurance journey

LifeSearch has partnered with Trust Genie and Yavia to allow customers buying life insurance...

First2Protect unveils Acturis-built broker portal to streamline insurance referrals

First2Protect has launched a new broker portal designed to give mortgage advisers a faster...

Sesame Bankhall Group appoints Shane Wright as chief technology officer

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Shane Wright as chief technology officer, a newly...

Legl joins Conveyancing Association as new affiliate member

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed Legl as its newest affiliate member, offering the software...

AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for...

MorganAsh backs inclusion drive but urges improvement in vulnerability data

MorganAsh has given its support to the Government’s refreshed Financial Inclusion Strategy, but warned...

Mortgage Brain and Lloyds Banking Group launch first digital Halifax full mortgage application

Mortgage Brain and Lloyds Banking Group have introduced the first digital Full Mortgage Application...

Phoebus gains SBTi validation as it accelerates net zero strategy

Mortgage servicing software firm Phoebus has had its emissions reduction plans formally validated by...

PM Data Services launch Genie buy-to-let sourcing engine

PM Data Services – the team behind digital broker Property Master - has launched...

Mortgage Brain adds Rely to sourcing platform

Mortgage Brain has added OSB Group’s newly launched buy-to-let lender, Rely, to its Sourcing...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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FCA outlines reforms aimed at broadening access to mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out plans to reshape the mortgage market, with...

Market set for Boxing Day rebound as prices tipped to rise in 2026

House prices ended 2025 lower than a year earlier after an unusually subdued second...

Growth in mortgage lending forecast to continue despite tighter affordability

UK Finance has released its latest Mortgage Market Forecast for 2026 and 2027, projecting...

Lenders divided on whether regulatory scrutiny will ease in 2026

Lenders are split on whether regulatory scrutiny will ease in 2026, new research from...

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