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New chair for the PLSA

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has announced that Richard Butcher will become...

BFS increases support for West Midlands businesses

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased funding for SMEs in the West Midlands to...

Merged trade body launches today

Two UK trade associations in the personal investment management and financial advice sector have...

L&G makes key PRT hire

Pretty Sagoo has been appointed as head of the strategic business within Legal &...

Growth continues for outsourcing firm

Target Group has reported a fourth consecutive year of growth. The figures from the 2016...

Tenet teams up with Foundation Home Loans

Tenet has announced a new partnership with Foundation Home Loans, enabling its members to now go...

New insight head for the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has appointed a new head of insight. Tim Steere (pictured), previously the mutual’s customer...

TML offers anniversary proc fee

The Mortgage Lender (TML) is marking its one-year anniversary with a £250 increase in...

HTB rate cuts from Santander

Santander has cut its 75% LTV Help to Buy: Equity Loan Scheme rates. The lender...

Liverpool is top BTL hotspot

Liverpool is the UK’s number one buy-to-let hotspot, offering rental yields of 8.0% once...

Remortgaging activity propping up slowing market

A total of 38,475 remortgage transactions were made in April, an 8% rise from...

The Adviser Alliance launches

The Adviser Alliance has launched at 8am today (31 May) and is open for applications. It says...

Average tenancy deposits remain just below £1k

Average tenancy deposits for England and Wales remain just below £1,000 according to figures...

‘Record figures’ for First Complete and Pink

First Complete and Pink have reported that their mortgage, protection and general insurance sales...
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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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Buy-to-let

EXCLUSIVE: Quantum Mortgages expands cashback up to £20k

Quantum Mortgages, the specialist buy-to-let and bridging lender, has expanded its cashback range to...
Homebuying

Average cost of moving hits £13,018

The average cost of moving home has reached £13,018 for those buying and selling...
Equity Release

Equity Release Supermarket calls for greater collaboration

The Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), part of the Equity Release Group (ERG), has called...
Bridge-to-let

Redwood Bank launches valuation fee cashback offer

The new valuation cashback offer gives landlords 100% of their valuation fee back on...

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