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Parents to to put kids on property ladder at university

New research from Direct Line for Business suggests that around 280,000 parents of teenagers...

Shawbrook Bank to host specialist lending sessions at FSE

Shawbrook Bank has reached an agreement with the Financial Services Expo to launch the...

New zero product fee mortgages from N&P

Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has launched two new mortgages. It is offering...

Wanted: 800 new equity release specialists

Equity release adviser firm Bower Retirement Services has calculated that the UK needs to...

Wesleyan appoints general insurance MD

Wesleyan, the financial services specialist for doctors, dentists, teachers and lawyers, has promoted Ahmed...

Openwork Conveyancing unveiled

Openwork has launched a new conveyancing proposition, developed with United Legal Services (ULS Group). ...

TRM partners with Crystal Mortgages

New broker network, The Right Mortgage and Protection (TRM), has entered into a preferred...

TFC Homeloans completes BTL refinance in three days

TFC Homeloans has revealed that it completed a £400,000 buy-to-let refinance deal which had...

Hinckley & Rugby advances up 8% last year

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society's mortgage advances rose by 8% to £111.9 million...

January gross mortgage lending down 11% year-on-year

Gross mortgage lending reached £14.3 billion in January, according to estimates from the Council...

Shawbrook changes structure of specialist teams

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes and promotions across its specialist teams...

L&G posts strong ‘with profits’ performance

Legal & General has reported a year of strong growth on the assets held...

Brightstar wants specialist lending “made easy”

Brightstar Financial has embarked on a strategic marketing initiative, in order to support intermediaries...

Record mortgage lending and retention for the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has reported strong financial results for 2014, when it has...
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Conveyancing

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...

Building momentum is back, but flexible funding will be key to delivery

There are growing signs that development activity across England is beginning to gather momentum again. After a prolonged period of caution driven by higher...

ANALYSIS: Swaps surge and the market braces for impact

It’s been an interesting week so far. Sadly, we’ve had to cancel our BDM meetings, because if we’re being honest, everyone in the market...

The growth is there. Now we must close the gap

The latest UK Finance Later Life Lending Update for Q4 2025 should give every specialist adviser renewed confidence in the scale and resilience of...

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