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House prices continue to slow

House prices are down for the third month in a row, and the annual...

£41k rise in price of semi-detached in Scotland

The average price of a semi-detached property in Scotland has risen by £41,639 in...

Terraced homes ‘trending’ with first-time buyers

The average price of a flat in the UK has risen by £75,074 over...

The Right Mortgage holds National Training Event

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held its largest and "most successful" bi-annual National...

Average Brit owes £5,688 of debt

Just under seven million Brits believe they are living debt free despite owing millions,...

Scottish Widows publishes 2017 protection claims statistics

Scottish Widows paid out 98.99% of life claims and 93.06% of critical illness claims...

Large reduction in number of live interest-only mortgages

UK Finance has revealed that the number of interest-only mortgages has almost halved in...

Skipton introduces mental health first aiders

The Skipton Building Society is supporting its colleagues and their mental health with the...

Paragon builds team in structured lending arena

Paragon Banking Group’s newly-created structured lending team has developed a pipeline of future opportunities...

Growth Street launches Midlands initiative

Business finance provider Growth Street has officially launched its Birmingham presence. Aiming to help improve...

TDS Charitable Foundation invites funding applications

The TDS Charitable Foundation has invited organisations working to advance education about housing rights...

Key Partnerships becomes latest provider partner for Panacea Adviser

Panacea Adviser, an online community and resource for financial advisers and paraplanners, has announced...

Paradigm Protect partners with Canada Life

Paradigm Protect has launched a new relationship with retirement, investment and protection provider, Canada...

The Skipton introduces additional borrowing pilot

The Skipton Building Society has made changes to its additional borrowing range. The mutual will enable...
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Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

In a week that saw more than 20 lenders reduce their fixed mortgage rates,...
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Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

Mortgage industry figures are urging the government to review stamp duty for first-time buyers...
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L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...
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West Brom reduces rates by up to 0.18%

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its two-year fixed purchase mortgage range,...

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