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Countrywide Surveying Services to hold virtual annual conference

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of UK valuation panel management services, residential valuations...

Landlords optimistic about 2021

45% of landlords say they are optimistic about the buy-to-let market in 2021, according...

November mortgage approvals highest since 2007

The Bank of England has reported that the UK mortgage market strengthened in November...

Stamp Duty extension ‘would be good for tax revenues’

An extension of the current stamp duty holiday could be fiscally positive for the...

Meeting Stamp Duty deadline already difficult, AMI and IMLA warn

Two mortgage trade bodies have warned that the upcoming March deadline to the Stamp...

YBS calls for stamp duty taper

The Yorkshire Building Society has estimated that up to 239,964 home buyers could be...

Rental market remains steady

ARLA Propertymark has reported that the number of tenants experiencing rent increases in November...

ONS: London house prices down 1.2% month-on-month

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that, on average, UK house prices rose...

Broker confidence remains high

Masthaven Bank has reported that confidence in the broker market remains high despite the...

Covid hitting adverse credit customers the hardest

A new study for Pepper Money has found that the finances of customers with...

Mortgage Business Expo reveals 2021 dates

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has published details of its physical events next year. The Leeds...

Lockdown 2 hits finances of 18m Brits

Since the start of the second lockdown in September, a large number of people...

Second lockdown no barrier for bridging firm

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has reported its strongest November on record, with £45 million...

Second charge volumes fall by over one-third

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that second charge mortgage new business...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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