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Landlord borrowers have almost £100k in equity

Mortgage Advice Bureau believes that equity gains from rising house prices are helping borrowers...

Lloyds offers up to £1,000 cashback to homemovers

Lloyds Bank will now refund one month’s standard mortgage payment for qualifying homemovers, up...

0.1% fall in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society's house price index for February reported that there was a...

HSBC unveils 90% LTV deal at 1.99%

HSBC has launched its lowest ever 90% LTV mortgage rate.   Borrowers with a 10% deposit will...

PFS celebrates anniversary

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is celebrating its 10th birthday. Formed in 2005 by the...

Private rental property numbers to double over next 20 years

Even if house prices were to remain the same as they are today, the...

Vehicle hire firm benefits from Bibby funding arrangement

Vehicle hire firm Hexagon Leasing is to roll out a new vehicle sales division...

RBS and NatWest cut mortgage rates

RBS and NatWest have cut rates again, now offering rates at 2.74% for a...

Berkeley Alexander unveils high net worth service

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has launched a new high net worth service. It...

Landbay bolsters board

Landbay has appointed Robert Burgess to its board of directors. He will join co-founders...

Coventry posts significant rise in mortgage lending

The Coventry Building Society has reported that its new mortgage lending increased by 25%...

Land Registry: prices up 6.7% year-on-year

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

Dividends to return following LBG’s £1.8bn profit

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has posted pre-tax profits of £1.8bn. It provided £11.9 billion of...

Broker confidence in intermediary market on the rise

Broker confidence has been building, with figures in the final quarter of 2014 closer...
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COMMENT

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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...

The silent majority: what most financial services customers never tell you

If you work in financial services, you probably have a good handle on formal complaints. You know how many you get, how quickly they’re...

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