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Lack of protection for vital homemakers

Housewives and househusbands are the happiest in their careers despite working more than 60...

Housing market is slowing down

The housing market in England & Wales is slowing down, both in terms of...

Popularity of limited companies for BTL “soaring”

There has been record demand for mortgages via companies in 2016, according to the...

Aldermore to hold seminars at MBE Bristol Expo

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced a joint seminar programme with Aldermore at the...

Tenant satisfaction at high levels

A new survey has revealed a high degree of tenant satisfaction, and highlighted the...

Majority of brokers expect more seconds to be written

51% of brokers affected by the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) expect more second charge...

FCA bans pair for “lack of integrity”

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Mark Kelly and Patrick Gray from working...

LendInvest unveils new intermediary website

LendInvest has launched a new website designed for mortgage intermediaries. The new site, intermediaries.lendinvest.com, provides...

The Mortgage Lender to move office

The Mortgage Lender (TML) is moving into its permanent operational base in Glasgow’s International...

Together helps Crystal client let down by another lender

Together and Crystal Specialist Finance joined forces to assist a client with a buy-to-let...

Further slowdown in home lending

House purchase lending activity has fallen to a 12-month low, due to a further...

UK a hotbed for ‘microbusinesses’

There are 2.17 million microbusinesses with fewer than nine employees across the UK, Direct Line...

Brits not talking to family about inheritance

79% of UK adults have not had a conversation with family about their inheritance,...

Families concerned by referendum effect on finances

45.2% of UK households are worried about the impact of the EU Referendum on...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...
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Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...
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UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...
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Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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