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Second charge repossessions down

Repossessions made by second-charge mortgage providers were down by 24.1% in 2012 compared with...

PRS “coiled for a spring bounce”

Rents fell in January for the third consecutive month. That's according to the...

Agricultural prices look set to continue rise

The second half of 2012 saw farmland prices reach record levels, according to chartered...

New fixes from the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has launched four new residential fixed rate mortgage products. Rates on three...

Lettings market under OFT microscope

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a report which identifies several consumer...

Valuation issues trouble bridging brokers

43% of brokers surveyed by United Trust Bank’s said that the most common reason...

Buy-to-let growth set to continue: CML

Buy-to-let lending accounted for 11.5% of total gross mortgage lending in 2012, up from...

Borro appoints chairman

Borro has appointed Nigel Morris as chairman. Morris was a co-founder of Capital One...

Keith Richards to leave Tenet

Keith Richards has resigned from his position of group distribution & development director at...

iState Systems launches broker portal

iState Systems' newly launched Apprivo Broker Portal now allows advisers to submit mortgage or...

Borrowers reminded to work out total cost of borrowing

MoneySupermarket has warned borrowers to look out for rising mortgage fees. This comes as...

Exclusive buy-to-let deals from Precise Mortgages

Precise Mortgages has launched four exclusive buy-to-let products with rates starting from 4.44%...

Paragon unveils bond issue

Paragon Group has launched a 6% Sterling retail bond. The bond has fixed interest...

Dragonfly Property Finance passes lending milestone

Dragonfly Property Finance has reported that it passed £500 million of lending since launch,...

COMMENT

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...

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...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 13

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 12

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

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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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