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TSB offers mortgage incentives to current account holders

Customers who open or hold a TSB current account can receive £500 cashback upon...

Prestige Finance to be “major secured loan player”

Prestige Finance has introduced new products and criteria. Changes from the OneSavings Bank (OSB) subsidiary...

Accord broadens fixed rate offering

Accord Mortgages has cut two year fixed rate mortgages, which now start from 3.89%,...

SFI cuts fixed rates

Santander for Intermediaries has cut selected two-year fixed rates at 75% and 80% LTV,...

Underwriting is creating ‘no go areas’ in lending

Dudley Building Society believes that general underwriting has "lost its way" under the dual...

Growing trend of ‘rent a room’

9% of UK homeowners now have a lodger in their home, up from 6%...

The Hinckley & Rugby makes large reduction on buy-to-let deal

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rate on its buy-to-let two-year...

Royal London becomes key cricket sponsor

Royal London is to become a major sponsor of the England & Wales Cricket...

Significant rise in those expecting rise in value of their home

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has underlined that confidence is starting to...

Dragonfly Property Finance acquired by Octopus

Octopus Capital has acquired the management company through which Jonathan Samuels set up and...

Strong growth for second charge market

New figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 14% in...

House prices up 4.3% year-on-year

House prices rose during October 2013 in all regions in England & Wales for...

RICS: retail finally on the up

The UK retail sector is starting to feel the effects of the nation’s fledgling...

ECB makes surprise rate cut

The European Central Bank (ECB) surprised financial markets on Thursday, cutting the main refinancing...

COMMENT

Conveyancing fees will rise and you can blame the Government

Tax is complicated and making sure you pay the right amount can be challenging - just ask MP Angela Raynor or indeed former Chancellor...

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience. From a turnaround time of around eight weeks back in...

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with control. Where will the data sit? How will resilience be...

AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

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Stamp Duty receipts climb to £899m in subdued January market

Homebuyers handed over £899m in Stamp Duty Land Tax in January, despite the traditionally...

The Right Loan records best year as introducer payments rise 22%

Advisory firm The Right Loan, part of The Right Mortgage & Protection Network, said...

MAB hosts strategic lender Summit at Century Club 

Leading figures from the UK mortgage lending community gathered last night at the exclusive...

LiveMore integrates with Twenty7tec affordability tool

LiveMore has integrated its affordability assessment into Twenty7tec’s RESEARCH tool in a move designed...

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