News in brief - 28 July 2026

Broker Conveyancing has launched a new fixed-price remortgage package aimed at improving transparency and helping brokers to manage conveyancing referrals more easily.
The new product, supported by ONP Solicitors, is called the £175 All in One Remo and available exclusively via the new Broker Conveyancing Hub.

Family Building Society has launched its new Mortgage Hub, an enhanced online application platform designed to make it easier and faster for brokers to manage mortgage cases.

Key benefits of the new platform include streamlined DIP to completion journey, creating a faster and smoother experience; real-time visibility of case progression; instant DIP certificates and the ability to copy information for multiple DIPs; illustration requests available; document upload facility for easier administrative tasks; secure messaging allowing you to get in touch with us directly about your case; and user-friendly design.

Recognise Bank has completed a £2.95m bridging loan to refinance an office-to-residential conversion in Shrewsbury, enabling the developer to repay its existing development finance facility and complete the final stages of the project.

The case was introduced by Raj Vilkhou of Express Financial Services. The security is a newly converted six-bedroom residential property with a separate one-bedroom staff annexe, which has been finished to a high standard.

Twenty7tec has announced a new integration between its ADVICE platform and ZeroKey, helping financial advisers reduce one of the biggest sources of inefficiency in the advice process: manually re-entering client information across multiple systems.

The integration connects ADVICE with ZeroKey's browser extension, enabling client data to be transferred between ADVICE and compatible third-party platforms without repeatedly typing the same information. By removing unnecessary rekeying, firms can reduce administration, improve data accuracy and give advisers more time to focus on delivering advice.

Mortimer Street Capital (MSC) has arranged a £900k commercial refinance of a landmark Grade II listed office building in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, enabling the client to release equity from an existing high street banking facility to fund the acquisition of a further investment property.

The property comprised a fully refurbished, multi-let office building extending to approximately 4,050 sq. ft over five floors, prominently positioned on St Paul’s Square within one of Birmingham’s most established commercial locations.



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