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FCA seeks feedback on consumer access to insurance

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views and evidence of the challenges firms...

FSE Wales seminar programme revealed

The full seminar programme for next week’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) Wales event has...

Majority of FTBs regret not negotiating before buying

51% of those who bought for the first time in the last five years...

LendInvest recruits second Northern BDM

LendInvest has appointed its second business development manager (BDM) for Northern England. Sophie Mitchell-Charman...

TMP reports rising demand for specialist lending

The Mortgage Partnership (TMP) is seeing increasing support from brokers who are finding difficulties placing...

New MPC member appointed

Professor Silvana Tenreyro of the London School of Economics has been appointed as an...

Metro Bank scraps fees for existing residential customers

Metro Bank has stated that existing residential mortgage customers will benefit from fee-free products...

3mc website allows criteria comparison

3mc has improved the functionality of its website, now letting brokers compare and contrast...

London has lowest cost to rent proportion in UK

London is the most expensive region in the country to be a landlord, according...

John Griffith-Jones to leave the FCA and PSR

John Griffith-Jones, chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator...

LV= introduces pre-underwriting tool

LV= has announced the launch of its new pre-underwriting tool, in partnership with UnderwriteMe,...

Anniversary benefit from Equity Release Club

Equity Release Club has announced a new member benefit to mark its 10-year anniversary. As part...

UK specialist lending bolstered by M&A activity

19 transactions were announced across asset, property and personal finance worth over £3bn in...

TMA on the road in June

TMA Mortgage Club is holding a number of regional roadshows in June for its...

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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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Market Harborough BS revamps broker support

Market Harborough Building Society has restructured its broker support model - giving brokers their...

Mortgage lenders expect slowdown despite Q2 rise in demand

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

Foundation reintroduces pound-for-pound remortgage product

Foundation has reintroduced its F1 pound-for-pound (£4£) remortgage product and reduced rates across its...

Paymentshield boosts sales team

Paymentshield has made a series of sales appointments, in a move it said reinforces...

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