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Secured lending has already exceeded 2012 total

For the 23rd month in succession, September saw secured lending grow year on year,...

Blemain launches Broker of the Month awards

Blemain Group has introduced a new award scheme designed to recognise the quality of...

FTBs drive up Scottish house sales

Sales of homes in Scotland in 2013 are 17% higher than 2012, according to...

Equity release market continues to grow

The value of equity release plans agreed in the third quarter of 2013 totalled...

Weale reappointed to MPC

The Treasury Committee has approved the re-appointment of Martin Weale as a member of...

New head office for the Dudley

Dudley Building Society is to move to a new head office building. The move...

Genworth reveals Help to Buy alternative

Genworth has provided details of its private alternative to the Government’s ‘Help to Buy’...

New deals from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has unveiled new residential products, including a two-year fixed rate from 2.09%...

Growth in popularty of part exchange

The number of new homes sold using part exchange has risen by 11% over...

FCA will publicise warning notices

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to now use its new power to...

Largemortgageloans in new partnership agreement

Largemortgageloans.com has announced a new partnership agreement with Sense Network. The specialist large mortgage...

Record low for three-year fixes

Three year fixed rates for mortgage products reached a record low of 3.92% in...

Branch MMR advice issues “solved by screen sharing”

Vizolution has published the second of a series of white papers looking at the...

Two-thirds expect to support children “well into adulthood”

81% of professionals say that they will have to support their children financially well...

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,...

Latest news

SDLT shake-up set to push conveyancing fees higher

Conveyancing fees are set to rise from May 2026 as solicitors and licensed conveyancers...

HLP upgrades CRM for limited company buy-to-let surge

HLPartnership has upgraded its CRM system to better support advisers handling limited company buy-to-let...

UTB passes 50% mark for automated bridging valuations

United Trust Bank has announced that more than half of its bridging loan valuations...

Digital reform set to accelerate across conveyancing sector, annual conference hears

Momentum behind digital change in conveyancing will build throughout 2026, delegates at the Conveyancing...

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