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Ultimate Finance backs energy saving product

Ultimate Finance has provided £225,000 funding for a product which provides significant savings on...

The Nationwide to cut fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society is cutting fixed rate mortgages tomorrow (16 June), as well...

CML reports quieter April for mortgage market

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that home-owners borrowed £8.1bn for house purchase...

TBMC offers BTL tracker with Axis Bank

TBMC has launched a new buy-to-let two year variable rate product with Axis Bank. It...

The Ipswich alters large loan completion fees

The Ipswich Building Society has changed the completion fees on its Large Loan products...

FSE Cardiff seminar programme unveiled

The seminar programme for the Financial Services Expo (FSE) Cardiff has been revealed. FSE Cardiff...

Retirement Advantage launches modified product range

Retirement Advantage has launched an enhanced range of equity release products which do not...

Specialist Financial Services to use Bluechip Broker

Target Group is to supply its Bluechip Broker system to Specialist Financial Services, a...

Reduction in serious rent arrears

The improving employment market has led to fewer tenants falling into serious rent arrears,...

SortRefer secures Investors in People accreditation

SortRefer has achieved full accreditation to the Investors in People core standard. The internationally recognised...

Bluestone partners with Mortgage Intelligence

Bluestone Mortgages is partnering with network and mortgage club Mortgage Intelligence. The new partnership...

New BDM for Kensington

Gemma Lang has joined Kensington as business development manager (BDM) for the North London...

TenetLime welcomes 400th member

TAG Financial from Chatham in Kent, have become TenetLime’s 400th member. Lee Holland, TAG Financial's...

14.5% annual house price growth for London

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK average house prices increased by...

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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