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Nemo Personal Finance unveils fixed rate products

Secured lender Nemo Personal Finance has introduced new fixed rate product options. The new products...

Rate reductions made by Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries has made cuts across its whole product range for first-time buyers, homemovers, and...

The Dudley hires head of credit

Jonathan Moore has joined the Dudley Building Society in the new role of head...

PFS raises concerns over ‘insistent clients’

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has written to the government and the FCA, urging...

Accord Mortgage reduces 95% LTV rates

Accord Mortgages has cut mortgage rates for borrowers with a 5% deposit. The intermediary-only lender of...

Halifax cuts mortgage rates

Halifax has cut product rates across first-time buyer, home mover, Help to Buy Mortgage...

Land Registry: London prices up 13.1% year-on-year

The February Market Trend Data from Land Registry shows an annual price increase of...

Marginal rise in house prices, says Nationwide

UK house prices increased up by 0.1% in March, the Nationwide Building Society has...

Kensington securitisation oversubscribed

Specialist lender Kensington has closed its first securitisation in three years, raising £497 million. The...

Property ladder is getting shorter

Brits are owning fewer homes over their lifetime than a generation ago, according to...

RBS sells private banking and wealth management business

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has reached an agreement to sell its internationally...

AMI slams FCA fee hike proposals

The Association of Mortgages has responded with anger to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA)...

Connect hires its first field BDM


Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has appointed Diogo Fernandes as its first field business development manager...

The Mansfield: brokers still want individual underwriting

A recent survey by the Mansfield Building Society of its own mortgage introducers has...

COMMENT

The protection gap that runs all the way up the ladder

The property ladder is usually talked about in terms of deposits, equity, and affordability but recent research reveals a less visible truth; moving up...

Why landlords will continue to play a central role in meeting housing demand

This month’s Spring Statement may not have delivered dramatic housing announcements, but the data released alongside it paints a clear picture about the continued...

Debt awareness is as important for advisers as for clients

Debt Awareness Week, beginning on 16th March, provides a timely opportunity for reflection. The early months of the year have long been associated with...

Market may be overreacting to conflict-driven rate fears

Financial markets could be overreacting in the early days of the conflict as they take a second rate cut off the table this year. The...

The UK’s conveyancing conundrum explained

Why is conveyancing so slow in the UK? The average property transaction now takes between 14 and 20 weeks… and that is not taking...

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Acre adds full Nationwide mortgage applications to its CRM

Acre has expanded its integration with Nationwide so brokers can complete a full mortgage...

Key Equity Release teams up with Pense to broaden later life advice

Key Equity Release has entered a partnership with pension specialist Pense as it looks...

Landbay names Scott Leach as Midlands regional account manager

Landbay has appointed Scott Leach as regional account manager for the Midlands as the...

The Retirement Studio joins Rosemount network as new appointed representative

The Retirement Studio has launched as a protection and financial planning appointed representative of...

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