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Perspective office gains chartered firm status

Financial Connection Wealth Management has achieved Corporate Chartered status. Perspective Financial Group said its...

New guide to RDR produced

Standard Life, unbiased.co.uk, the Institute of Financial Planning and The Personal Finance Society have...

New DA for Legal & General Network

Lifetime Planning Ltd has joined Legal & General Network as a Directly Authorised (DA)...

Perspective acquires IFA client bank

Perspective Financial Group has acquired the client bank of financial advisers’ Kingsworld Walder Ltd. The...

Sense Network opts for MortgageBrain

Sense Network has chosen select Mortgage Brain’s sourcing system as its preferred sourcing solution...

Where is your business going?

Regardless of where you live in the UK I suspect you were, like me,...

New exclusive for L&G Mortgage Club

Legal & General Mortgage Club is offering an exclusive product launch with Leeds Building...

Positive distributing 0.75% pcm bridging deal

Positive Lending is now offering a bridging rate of 0.75% per month available to...

New AR for L&G network

Charles Cameron & Associates Ltd has joined Legal & General Network as an appointed...

Brightstar claims “cheapest bridging deal” in UK

Brightstar Financial has launched a new bridging facility via the Saffron Building Society. Under the...

New 80% BTL exclusive for TBMC

TBMC is now offering a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage with Leeds Building Society. It is...

Directorial appointment at Openwork

Openwork has appointed Billy Hewitt as its new recruitment director for Scotland. Hewitt will...

First Complete brokers upbeat about coming months

45% of First Complete advisers say they are expecting to do more business in...

Post Office rolls out expansion strategy

The Post Office is today introducing the first phase of introducing trained branch 'mortgage...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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