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FTBs nearly 10% better off buying than renting

Latest research from Halifax suggests that first-time buyers in the UK are £742 (9%)...

Capital Bridging rebrands

Capital Bridging Finance is rebranding to Amicus. The short-term property finance provider argues the...

Brightstar expands specialist first charge team

Brightstar Finance has recruited Kevin Ward to join the specialist first charge and buy-to-let...

Masthaven Secured Loans improves product proposition

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has cut rates and now accepts an automated valuation model...

Halifax slashes 0-60% LTV mortgage rates

Halifax has cut rates across its 0-60% LTV two year fixed rate products for...

Major rise in bridging loans written by ASTL members

The Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) latest quarterly figures have revealed that the...

Smallest annual house price growth for 10 months

In January 2015, the average price paid for a home in England & Wales...

Deflation could mean windfall for tracker borrowers

The announcement yesterday by the director general of the Bank of England Mark Carney...

The Leeds raises over £500 for BHF

The Leeds Building Society raised £550 in the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) ‘Wear It...

Whiplash fraud hitting NHS hard

New research conducted for LV= Car Insurance shows the NHS is being put under...

ThinCats in underwriting deal with ESO Capital Group

Peer to peer secured business lending platform ThinCats has announced a partnership with ESO...

UK heading for negative inflation

The governor of the Bank of England has warned that inflation could turn negative...

FLA: second charge repossessions down 36% year-on-year

The number of second charge mortgage repossessions was 447 in 2014, the lowest level...

Repossessions at lowest level since 2006

The number of repossessions fell to 21,000 in 2014 - 26% fewer than the...
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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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Average deposit now exceeds annual salary in most British housing markets

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