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Property investment bosses disqualified from being directors

A husband and wife team who were directors of a property investment company in...

Debt resolution firm has licence revoked by OFT

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is revoking the credit licence of First Step...

Tenant arrears position improving

There has been an improvement in numbers of tenants in severe arrears, according to...

Billions of debt hidden from loved ones

£41 billion of debt is being hidden by people in relationships from their partners,...

Lenders taking tougher stand on arrears

Revival Repossession Solutions has claimed that a progressively firmer stance towards forbearance from lenders...

Consumers managing to pay down debt

35% of Britons have cut their debt levels in the 12 months, according to...

Brits feel bankruptcy rules too lenient

58% of Britons believes bankruptcy should last longer than a year, according to research...

Money Advice Trust to develop debt advice framework for MAS

Money Advice Trust (MAT) has been to commissioned by the Money Advice Service to...

Increase in ‘severe’ arrears among tenant community

There was an 8% rise in the number of tenants in severe financial difficulty...

UK repossessions see north-south split

There is a clear north-south divide when it comes to housing repossessions, according to...

Brokers still missing out on alternative revenue streams

Y3S has expressed concern that many mortgage brokers are missing out on lucrative earning...

Jail for dodgy debt solutions directors

Two company directors in Manchester have been sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment each by...

New jobs from Money Advice Service contract

The Money Advice Service has awarded a three-year contract to Turn2us to provide its...

Worrying about money doesn’t help

People in the UK who spend more of their time fretting about their finances...

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The nightmare of UK homebuying needs reform

House sellers will be forced to disclose problems with their homes before sale under plans by the Government to cut costs for buyers and...

Goldilocks and the three bear markets

Are you familiar with C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) or you might know it by its nickname 3I/ATLAS? Whatever you want to call it,  it is currently...

Mark Bogard on policy, politics and the future of advice

When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy, he is unsparing in his assessment: short-termism, revolving-door ministers and...

Finding efficiency will keep branches as the beating heart of mutual sector

Whether you speak to customers or building societies, they will tell you just how important branches are – even as financial services and wider...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

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Rising sick leave issues as long-term absence costs top £2k per worker

The majority of UK businesses are increasingly anxious about the impact of sickness absence...

Movera strengthens people and culture team with two senior appointments

Home moving brand Movera has expanded its human resources leadership team with two new...

Housing market stalls as buyers and sellers pull back ahead of Budget

Britain’s housing market has stalled for a third consecutive month as uncertainty over next...

First-time buyer homes outpace wider market as affordability improves

First-time buyers are paying more for their homes than they were a year ago...