250 years of bank tech, from Franklin to digital banking

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

A tour of the technology that banking has run on, dating back to Franklin’s anti-counterfeit measures and the bank-note bulletin that preceded American Banker.

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Helping FTBs navigate today’s market (part two)

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The lender view Rachel Geddes, strategic lender relationship director at Mortgage Advice Bureau, interviews Jeremy Duncombe, managing director of Accord Mortgages. Geddes:  How do you see ongoing lender innovation...

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Average fixed rates now the lowest since March: Moneyfacts

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Average fixed-rate mortgage prices have dropped to their lowest level since March, according to the latest Moneyfacts rate watch. Moneyfacts found that the typical two-year fix is now 5.51%,...

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Keystone launches MUFB and HMO products

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Keystone Property Finance has launched a number of special edition HMO & MUFB products as part of a streamlining of its buy to let range. The specialist buy to...

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Blog: The biggest barrier to later life lending isn’t affordability, it’s shame

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The Financial Conduct Authority recently warned that too many consumers only consider later life lending when they are already under financial pressure. At the same time, we’re seeing another...

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Mortgage Strategy’s Top 10 Stories: 29 June to 03 July

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

This week’s top headlines: Nationwide Building Society is expected to axe 600 jobs and Halifax brand to disappear after 173 years. Explore these and other major industry updates below:...

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Eby compares condo-purchase plan to “liquidation” at below construction costs

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

British Columbia Premier David Eby says a joint federal-provincial plan to convert unsold condominiums into affordable housing would be like buying something “on liquidation.”

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Reffkin takes the stand, MRED CEO says Zillow threatened litigation over listing policy dispute

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Compass and MRED leaders testified Zillow threatened litigation over listing access standards, briefs due July 9 and July 13.

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B.C.’s Fraser Valley home prices down 26% from 2022 in sluggish market

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says home prices in its jurisdiction have fallen by 26% from levels seen four years ago.

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Greater Toronto home sales up 9.4% in June as board predicts price growth could come

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The Greater Toronto Area continued to see higher home sales last month compared with a year ago even as new listings slowed.

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