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Record months for Freedom Finance

Freedom Finance has reported two consecutive record months in March and April this year. April...

TFC Homeloans expands lender panel

TFC Homeloans has added Kensington to its panel of lenders. Brokers will now be able...

New BDM for Hope Capital

Hope Capital has appointed a new business development manager (BDM) for the North and...

Widespread ignorance over mortgage details

Over five million people in Britain have no idea how much their mortgage is...

£45k bill from lightning strike

A single lightning bolt can cause more than £45,000 of damage to a property...

Kensington & Chelsea still most expensive neighbourhood

Property prices per square metre have risen by 432% in Greater London against a...

BBR rise would boost second charge market

There in an industry belief that the second-charge mortgage market will grow over the...

Benefit cuts should necessitate protection reviews

Changes and cuts to welfare benefits will provide advisers with the perfect opportunity to...

CML estimates 29% month-on-month fall in lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £18.5...

Former Keydata compliance officer banned

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Peter Johnson, former compliance officer of Keydata...

Backley recommends ‘growth mindset’ to brokers

Steve Backley, the former Olympic javelin competitor, delivered yesterday's keynote address at the FSE...

Sales up at OneFamily

OneFamily has reported its 2015 annual results. The business was created out of last year’s...

New hire at Bridging Finance Solutions

Barbara Corbett has joined Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) as finance controller.  Formerly a management accountant...

Brokers can benefit from BTL changes

Current changes in the buy-let-sector should be advantageous to brokers, according to David Whittaker, managing director...
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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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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...
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LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...
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Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...
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Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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