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FCA proposes changes to pension transfer advice

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new proposals on advice relating to pension...

Tesco Bank partners with LMS

Tesco Bank has selected conveyancing panel manager LMS as its integrated conveyancing partner. ...

OneFamily becomes LLA Ambassador

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced OneFamily as its latest Ambassador. OneFamily offers...

Equity release could help 450,000 FTBs

Releasing property equity from the so-called 'Bank of Mum and Dad' has the potential...

Leeds cyclists ride 70 miles for Hollybank Trust

24 cyclists from the Leeds Building Society survived high temperatures to complete the Great...

Paymentshield gets positive service feedback from brokers

Paymentshield is providing above average levels of service, according to its latest broker survey...

Tax-free lump sums at retirement gaining in popularity

54% of working age people plan to take advantage of rules which allow them...

Pensioners paid £52.7 billion in tax

Retired households paid an average of £7,400 each in tax last year, the equivalent...

Over 80% of towns hit by falling property sales

Lloyds Bank has reported that property sales in 2016 were 7% lower than in 2015....

Investec Private Banking appoints BDM

James Glynne-Percy has been appointed as a business development manager (BDM) at Investec Private...

Legal Sector Group completes leasehold reform proposals

The Legal Sector Group (LSG), which consists of the Conveyancing Association (CA), the Chartered...

Private equity vehicle’s Shawbrook bid passes key threshold

Private equity consortium Marlin Bidco is likely to take over Shawbrook Bank following capturing 75.6%...

Lloyds maintains position as UK’s largest lender

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published its data showing mortgage lending by...

SFO charges former Barclays CEO over Qatar fundraising

The Serious Fraud Office has charged Barclays Plc and four individuals with conspiracy to...
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Bridging

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

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The Tipton & Coseley launches 90% LTV for expats

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Almost half of FTBs feel under pressure from social media

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Market Harborough BS revamps broker support

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Mortgage lenders expect slowdown despite Q2 rise in demand

Demand for mortgages increased during the second quarter of the year, although lenders expect...

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