Mortgage rates hit highest levels since last August, weakening purchase demand

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Helping the people side of AI adoption A dedicated AI enablement team and roles have their value not in technology terms, but for the workforce, according to Diana Bartolic, Head of HR at CCL. “There’s a lot of transformation and change happening in workplaces now, probably more so than we’ve ever seen before,” says Bartolic….

This is how to analyze a rental property step-by-step in 2026. You don’t need to do any complicated math, you don’t need to sign up for a course, and you don’t need to have previous rental property experience. I’ve tweaked this process over the past fifteen years of investing to ensure it gets me the…

Iress’ UK business delivered a 43% increase in pre-tax earnings (EBITDA) to £4.6m in the first half of 2026, as it continued to invest in product development, AI and engineering capabilities. The firm provides mortgage industry software including Trigold, The Exchange, Lender Connect, Xplan Mortgage as well as white-labelled sourcing APIs and integrations and similar…

Molo, the specialist lender, has appointed Lynne French as chief operations officer (COO) as its expansion of operations and distributions continues. French will be responsible for scaling Molo’s operational platform to support demand and maximising strategic partnerships with One Mortgage System (OMS) and LMS. French most recently served as director of secured lending operations…