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Major flood insurance scheme launches

An insurance scheme designed to help people who live in flood risk areas get...

TFC Homeloans moves to Manchester

TFC Homeloans has relocated its head office to Manchester city centre, within minutes of...

Majority of landlords unphased by BTL crackdown

52% of buy-to-let landlords expect the recent changes to stamp duty and buy-to-let mortgage tax...

New guide for would-be ‘care advisers’

Partnership has launched a new guide for advisers who are considering operating in the...

Increase in profits for Just Mortgages

Just Mortgages has reported a 17% rise in profits for the year ending December 2015,...

SMEs vulnerable to defaulting on loans

57% of SMEs had at least one form of business borrowing in 2015,...

Larger landlords feeling impact of stamp duty hike the most

Increasing numbers of landlords are considering moving their property investments into limited company vehicles.  That's...

Kensington unveils buy-to-let guide for investors

Kensington Mortgages has published a graphical guide that outlines the upcoming changes for buy-to-let investors. Changes...

Paradigm expands GI referral panel

Paradigm Protect has added a further commercial insurer, CDC, to its panel of general...

The Source streams staff songs to sell GI

The Source has launched a brand new addition to its new and improved platform released in December...

Nationwide reports acceleration in house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the price of a typical UK home...

Firm highlights aggregator site ‘risks’

Paymentshield has published a white paper which provides a overview and analysis of the risks...

Uinsure reveals competition winner

General insurance provider Uinsure offered brokers the chance to win one year of free home...

Bankhall launches nationwide advisory workshops

Bankhall has launched a new series of investment workshops for advisers at 13 venues...

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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...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

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Mortgage submissions surge as advisers rush to secure rates amid market volatility

Mortgage submissions rose sharply in the wake of geopolitical tensions, as brokers moved quickly...

MorganAsh launches calculator to help firms estimate scale of customer vulnerability

MorganAsh has launched a calculator designed to help financial services firms gauge how many...

Average mortgage rate reaches 5.50% as market reprices

The average mortgage rate tracked by Moneyfacts has climbed to 5.50% for the first...

RSM UK urges action as house price growth stalls and transactions fall

RSM UK is calling for stamp duty reform and more support for first-time buyers...

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