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Halifax introduces new remortgage offer

Halifax has unveiled a new offer for customers looking to remortgage direct with the...

LMS partners with the Tipton & Coseley

Conveyancing panel manager LMS has announced a new partnership with the Tipton & Coseley...

Just Mortgages unveils self-employed team

Just Mortgages is launching a new ‘self-employed’ division, to be run by Carl Parker, who...

Barclays increases PPI provision as profits fall

Barclays plc has reported an 8% fall in statutory pre-tax profits for 2015 to £2.073...

Tenants will end up paying stamp duty hike

The 3% stamp duty surcharge being introduced by the chancellor on new buy-to-let purchases will just...

Financial protection “becoming a decreasing priority”

Only 8% have critical illness insurance and only 33% have life cover, according to...

Connect adds buy-to-let lender to panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Axis Bank to its panel of mortgage lenders. 

 Connect’s...

Shawbrook joins trade body

Shawbrook Bank, has become the latest member of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). This takes...

Borrowers still remortgaging to cut costs

January 2016 saw a three percentage point fall in the proportion of remortgagors who believe...

Accord cuts buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord Buy to Let has reduced selected rates by up to 0.15 percentage points on its...

Bridging lender cuts commercial loan rate

Funding 365 has made at cut in the starting interest rate for its commercial bridging loan product...

BoE reports strong lending start to 2016

Latest statistics from the Bank of England show the number of loan approvals for house...

Biggest personal finance mistakes revealed

Research from specialist insurer Partnership has looked into the largest financial mistakes people make. The top five...

New low for housing supply

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has warned that supply of available housing...
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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,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

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Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...
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Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...
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Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...
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NatWest begins digital mortgage completions with PEXA rollout

NatWest is now actively transacting on PEXA’s digital property platform, marking a key step...

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