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IGF ABL funds £1.5m management buy-out

IGF Asset Based Lending (ABL) has facilitated the management buy-out (MBO) for Testing Solutions...

New associate member for the ABI

Law firm DWF has become the latest associate member of the Association of British...

Euro success can lead to feel-good factor

The football European championships may benefit to the Home Nations’ economies, Lloyds Bank has...

North/South repossession gap markedly closing

There has been almost halving in the divide between home repossessions in the North...

LV= added to L&G Later Life panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added LV= to its direct to lender Later Life Lending...

Only 28% of retirees expect to leave an inheritance

The Prudential has reported that the proportion of new retirees who know they will...

Over 60% of tenants in the dark over protection

UK letting agents hold over £2.7 billion of landlord and tenants’ money but, according...

IMLA sees further growth for FTB market in 2016

Homemovers had the highest success rate for turning mortgage applications into completions during the first quarter...

Vantage Finance appoints chairman

The former CEO of Aviva’s life insurance business has been appointed as chairman of...

LendInvest revamps bridging proposition

LendInvest has revised its bridging loan offering. The lender has split its bridging loan offering...

Accord Mortgages cuts higher LTV rates

Accord Mortgages has cut rates at higher loan-to-values (LTVs) and introducing new options across its...

N&P unveils lowest 90% LTV 5-year deal

The Norwich & Peterborough Building Society has launched a 2.93% five-year fixed rate for...

Paymentshield unveils Euro 2016 fantasy league

Paymentshield has announced the launch of its Euros 2016 Fantasy Football League for mortgage...

BFS appoints UK risk director

Bibby Financial Services has appointed Ray Lowrey as UK risk director. First joining the business funder...
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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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Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
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AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...
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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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Precise cuts residential mortgage rates by up to 35bps

Precise has reduced rates across its residential mortgage range by up to 35bps. The specialist...

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