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FCA consults over secondary annuity market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation on its proposed rules and...

BFS bolsters its Yorkshire and Humber business funding

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased its funding to Yorkshire & Humber businesses by...

Record month for L&G Mortgage Club

The Legal & General Mortgage Club completed £4.7bn in March, the highest monthly number...

Masthaven secures banking licence

Masthaven Bank has been granted a retail banking licence by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

“April showers” lie ahead for property market

HMRC's provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for March 2016 was 165,480 residential...

New two-year limited edition deal from Aldermore

Aldermore has unveiled a new limited edition two year-fixed residential owner-occupied product. It is...

CML: March saw largest stamp duty ‘distortion’ to date

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £25.7...

TSB lending up 4% on previous quarter

TSB has published its results for the three months to 31 March 2016. ...

Drawdown popularity continues to increase market share

The total value of equity release lending grew by 21% in the first quarter...

Metro Bank posts improved results

Metro Bank has reported that its underlying loss after tax was down to £7.9m...

Equifinance concerned by CCJ peak

Secured loan lender Equifinance has outlined its concern at the sudden rise in consumer...

Funding Circle expands business development team

Funding Circle has hired Neil Mullane, formerly head of business and corporate banking for...

Shawbrook unveils digital application process

Shawbrook Bank Commercial Mortgages has launched a new digital application service – E-AIP -...

Scottish house prices down for first time in eight months

Scottish house prices fell by 1% in February, Your Move has stated. The average price...
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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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Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...
Appointments

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...
Technology

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...
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Consumers put greater trust in B Corp certified financial providers, says Cumberland

More than half of consumers say they would feel more confident in their bank...

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