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Taxman wins stamp duty avoidance case

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has won a decisive battle against a widely-marketed scheme...

The Leeds makes donation to homeless charity

Leeds Building Society has made a donation of £1,320 to homeless charity St George’s...

Tenet offers run-off cover solution

Tenet has launch a permanent run-off cover policy, which it believes is the first...

CHL volunteers complaints data

CHL Mortgages has disclosed complaints data for the first half of 2012. During the...

The Ecology pleased with half-year results

Ecology Building Society is above a number of targets for the half year ended...

Wellers Auctioneers & Valuers to provide borro loans

Borro has agreed a deal with Wellers, the Chertsey and Guildford based auctioneers and...

OFT imposes requirements on log book loan business

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has granted Hermes Property Services Ltd the right...

Y3S recognised for company growth

Y3S Loans has been listed as a Welsh Fast Growth 50 company. The annual FG50...

France remains Brits’ favoured overseas property territory

France remains the leading choice for Brits buying property abroad, according to the latest...

New loan facility from borro

Borro has launched a consignment loans service. A consignment loan will allow borrowers to raise...

Fixed rate popularity continues

The percentage of borrowers opting for fixed rates on purchase applications increased by 3.8%...

Scottish FTBs bucking UK trend

In July 2012, the average price paid for a house in Scotland fell by...

TBMC offers exclusive two-year, ERC-free BTL discount

TBMC has launched a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage through Hinckley & Rugby Building Society....

Sesame Bankhall launches Specialist Lending Services

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has unveiled a new mortgage processing service for advisers. Sesame Bankhall...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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