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FCA orders £939k ‘rent to own’ redress

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says rent to own provider Buy as You View will pay...

Liberis secures British Business Bank investment

British Business Bank Investments Ltd, the commercial arm of the government-owned British Business Bank,...

TMA appoints key account manager

TMA has announced the appointment of its latest key account manager.  This follows the recent news...

Conveyancers warned over cyber threats

Conveyancing firms have been warned that they need to engender a cyber-security and cyber-resilience culture in...

L&G outlines Mortgage Club Live speaker lineup

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed the name of some of the industry figures who...

People could outlive pension pots due to ‘bad’ data

Although Brits frequently say that if they retire at 65, they will enjoy a retirement...

MortgageBrain releases loans sourcing system

Mortgage Brain has announced the launch of its free secured loans sourcing system. LoansBrain...

Turnover and profits up at Brightstar

Specialist finance distributor Brightstar has reported that its turnover totalled £5.3m for the year...

Together secures full FCA authorisation

Together has been granted full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its...

Pepper expands packager panel

Promise Solutions has been selected as an approved packager by specialist lender Pepper Homeloans. The...

£300,000 milestone passed, says Rightmove

Rightmove's house price index for March 2016 has revealed that the average price of a...

HMOs set to be most popular investor property type

The latest Shawbrook Client Barometer has found that HMOs are predicted to be the...

New Skipton exclusive for Sesame and PMS

Sesame and PMS have unveiled an exclusive fixed rate product to appointed representatives (ARs)...

The Buy to Let Event returns next month

The Buy to Let Club's industry event is returning in April for the first leg...

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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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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...

Clydesdale Bank raises selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a number of residential and buy-to-let product transfer rates from...

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