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Connect gains access to Fleet Mortgages’ range

Connect Mortgage Club's buy-to-let panel now includes Fleet Mortgages.
 
Members of the specialist buy-to-let network...

The Skipton becomes ‘hybrid-ready’

Skipton Building Society has embarked upon a three-year deal with a managed and hybrid...

New deals from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced new products across the buy-to-let, residential and shared...

Widening divide between London and rest of the country

The latest annual London Factor report from Halifax has shown that the London economy...

Friends Life offers cancer-specific workplace benefit

Friends Life has unveiled what it is hailing as the first employer funded cancer-specific...

Brits expect to improve their homes this year

54% of UK homeowners are planning to make improvements of some sort on their...

RICS: Stamp Duty to support activity

The number of potential new house buyers fell for the sixth consecutive month in...

H2 2014 stalling in purchase approvals

Regulatory changes caused the lending recovery to stall in the second half of 2014,...

Research highlights debt implications of funerals

More 40% of people think their families would be unable to cover the cost...

The Skipton cuts fixed rates

The Skipton Building Society has unveiled its lowest ever fixed mortgage rate. Rates have been...

The Leeds reaches employment milestone

The Leeds Building Society has celebrated the creation of 100 new jobs in 2014,...

Seven rates cut by Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rates on seven mortgages, including two...

NACFB appoints new chairman

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has appointed Paul Goodman as its...

TFC Homeloans and Precise offer masterclasses

Distributor TFC Homeloans is partnering with Precise Mortgages to offer 'specialist lending masterclasses'. The...

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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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New platform aims to ease advisers’ compliance burden during client meetings

A new meeting platform designed for mortgage advisers has launched in the UK, aiming...

PEXA hires Julian Wells as UK head of communications

Digital property exchange platform PEXA has appointed Julian Wells as its new UK head...

Market may be overreacting to conflict-driven rate fears

Financial markets could be overreacting in the early days of the conflict as they...

St. James’s Place passes 1,000 female adviser milestone ahead of International Women’s Day

St. James’s Place has revealed that more than 1,000 women are now working as...

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