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Majority of renters don’t expect to ever buy

61% - around 4.5 million - of all private and social renters in England...

Countrywide reveals IPO price

Countrywide Holdings Ltd has revealed the successful pricing of its initial public offering. ...

Housing market consumer sentiment improves

The Building Societies' Association's March Property Tracker reveals that access to mortgage finance as...

3mc offers exclusive investment property funding

Mortgage distributor 3mc has teamed up with Aldermore to offer more investment property funding...

Pink introduces ‘Business Protection Club’

Pink has launched a Business Protection Club, available to its appointed representatives (ARs) and...

The Teachers improves buy-to-let product

The Teachers Building Society has improved the loan calculation on its buy-to-let mortgage...

The Yorkshire hires general manager

The Yorkshire Building Society has appointed a new general manager, with responsibility for developing...

The Nottingham agrees deal with Gateway

The Nottingham Building Society has extended its panel management agreement with Gateway. The parties have...

N&P grows commercial lending team

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has hired two new commercial lending managers. This comes as...

Vizolution makes top 50 ‘watchlist’

Vizolution has been included in the 2013 FinTech50 Watchlist, a shortlist of 50 companies...

Promise offers unsecured loan facility

Promise Solutions has unveiled an online unsecured loan facility for its introducing brokers. Interest rates...

Record lending at the Cambridge

The Cambridge Building Society provided a record £220 million of funding to help people...

Oakwood makes Spanish servicing acquisition

Oakwood Global Finance LLP has acquired Vesta Asset Management, an integrated Spanish loan...

Spending power falls back as consumers fear Osborne’s Budget

Lloyds TSB's latest Spending Power Report indicates that, after inflation, spending power fell to...

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Economic abuse: The warning signs every adviser should recognise

Taking out a joint mortgage is one of the most common ways for people to get onto the property ladder. For many, combining earning...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 15

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Why partnerships are key for unlocking advice niches

What’s your USP? It’s a vital question for all businesses to consider, but particularly advice firms. So, what exactly draws a potential client to...

Is landlord liquidity at risk of becoming too overlooked?

Among the many heated debates swirling around the buy-to-let market at present - and there are many - one that gets relatively little attention...

Making children’s cover part of the mortgage conversation

Seeing a child unwell can often change how we feel, especially if you are a parent. Even when it’s a common childhood illness, such...

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The Exeter team prepares for London to Paris charity cycle

Seven members of The Exeter’s distribution team will take on a 340-mile cycle from...

HSBC UK automates remortgage cases through LMS platform

HSBC UK has become the first lender to automate remortgage cases through LMS’s Decisioning...

Large mortgage networks lose AR firms as brokers reassess support

Some of the UK’s largest mortgage networks recorded the biggest net losses in appointed...

Afin Bank appoints Beth Jeffs to lead product strategy

Afin Bank has appointed Beth Jeffs as head of product and proposition, with responsibility...

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