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TenetLime expands insurance panel

TenetLime have announced the addition of Manchester-based business-to-business general insurance provider, Uinsure, to its panel of five...

SortRefer recruits head of sales

Conveyancing portal SortRefer has appointed Phil Goff as its head of sales. Goff was previously in sales...

Ex-pros to manage Financial Services Cup teams

Front Events has announced that ex-professional footballers will be joining the teams at its Financial Services Cup next...

Hull tops seaside rental yields poll

LendInvest has claimed that Hull is the top seaside postal area for landlords in England...

Lettings agents don’t expect immediate referendum effect

Lettings agents do not believe supply, demand, or rental costs will be significantly affected...

CA sets up home buying process working group

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has has established a working group to deliver its response...

Virgin Money to pay retention proc fees

Virgin Money has confirmed it will be rolling out product-switching with procuration fees for...

New three-year fixes from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has introduced a range of new three-year fixed rate mortgages, available to...

The Mansfield broadens shared ownership availability

The Mansfield Building Society has widened the availability of its shared ownership scheme by...

Fluent Money seeks to cut identity fraud risk

Second charge distributor Fluent Money has invested in an ID scanning solution from TrustID...

AToM to hold expo and gala dinner

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) is holding a specialist lender expo on 30...

New associates for the CML

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has announced the addition of another five new...

Choppier waters ahead for Scottish landlords?

The latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from lettings agent Your Move Rents has found that...

CSF completes deal in under 24 hours

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has revealed that it completed one of its quickest deals...

COMMENT

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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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

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

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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