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Shawbrook admits asset finance “irregularities”

Shawbrook Group has reported issues with its asset finance lending and the departure of...

Decade of credit card debt for many Brits

MoneySuperMarket has reported that 37% of Britons have been saddled with credit card debt for up to...

Smart Money hails 8-day second charge completion

Smart Money has completed a second charge case in eight days with Optimum Credit. The specialist master broker said it demonstrated...

Aldermore outlines 2016 training programme

Aldermore has launched its 2016 training programme, consisting of three workshops to support up-and-coming...

Source Commercial expands panel

Source Commercial has revealed that AXA will be joining its panel shortly. AXA provide a...

Y3S offers free bridging AVMs

Y3S is now offering free Automated Valuations (AVMs) on some of its first and second...

New Supply Teacher Mortgage launched

The Teachers Building Society has launched a new Supply Teacher Mortgage aimed at supply teachers...

Positive Lending unveils bridging AVM exclusive

Positive Lending is offering a exclusive, free Automated Valuations (AVMs) on selected first and second charge standard...

Brexit: banking shares temporarily suspended

Shares in a number of FTSE 100 firms were temporarily suspending this morning, as...

CML reports “dampened” lending in May

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £18.2...

LendInvest retains top European credit rating

LendInvest has received the highest rating from a European credit agency for the second...

Conveyancing Association partners with InfoTrack

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced a partnership with InfoTrack, a new conveyancing services provider. The...

Accord hails service improvement

Accord Mortgages has reported a 28% improvement on its mortgage offer turnaround time year-on-year from...

Chris Ellis joins Valunation from e.surv

Valunation Chartered Surveyors has recruited Chris Ellis as its new professional development manager.  Ellis (pictured)...
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Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Price cuts signal more competitive market for brokers

House sellers have made the biggest June price reduction in 14 years as higher...
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Royal London pays record £821m in protection claims 

Royal London paid a record £821m in protection claims during 2025, supporting more than...
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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
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Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

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