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Equity release is not a short-term transaction. It’s a relationship that can last decades, often evolving as a customer’s circumstances change over time.

Finova has been selected by Watts Commercial Finance to power its operations with Finova Broker CRM, as the specialist brokerage looks to enhance administrative efficiency, streamline introducer relationships and improve its client journey.

Finova has announced the appointment of Anja Schneider as Chief Delivery Officer, as the business continues to strengthen its leadership team and scale its operations.

Finova has agreed a five-year contract extension with Key Group, the UK’s leading later life lending company. Finova will continue supporting the delivery of lifetime mortgage products through the more2life brand.

Buy-to-let lending has shown notable resilience over the past year, even against a backdrop of economic uncertainty and regulatory change. Within that, specialist buy-to-let has emerged as one of the most important areas of momentum. What was once viewed as a niche is now firmly part of the mainstream, and its pace of evolution is accelerating.

Last month, we welcomed customers and Escode, part of NCC Group, to the Finova HQ for our stressed exit simulation workshop. The session gave firms the chance to test how they would respond if a critical technology supplier suddenly failed, using a realistic and time-pressured scenario involving the immediate wind-down of a major provider.

Finova, one of the UK’s leading providers of cloud-based mortgage, savings and lending software, has today announced a new partnership with Covecta, a UK-based AI company that builds configurable agents and workflows to automate activities for financial institutions.

The specialist buy-to-let market is changing shape. What was once dominated by small-scale landlords with relatively simple requirements is increasingly being driven by professional investors managing more complex portfolios. Limited company structures, portfolio lending and specialist property types are now firmly part of the mainstream.

Finova, one of the UK’s leading providers of cloud-based mortgage, savings and lending software, has appointed Lewis Harris as Head of Strategic Solutions, further strengthening its commercial leadership team as it enters a new phase of growth.

The private rental sector is moving through one of its most significant periods of change in recent years. With the Renter’s Rights Bill becoming law, landlords are facing new expectations around tenant security, property standards, and compliance. These aren’t minor adjustments, and the ripple effects will be felt across the mortgage market too.