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12% rise in secured lending, says new survey

Secured loan lending rose to £150 million in the first six months of 2012,...

New BTL range from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has launched buy-to-let deals with flat fees and no ERCs The new range...

FSA consults on new FSCS funding model

The FSA has proposed changes to the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme...

Aldermore unveils limited edition buy-to-let deals

Aldermore Residential Mortgages has launched a range of limited edition buy-to-let remortgage deals. They are...

Trio of appointments at Omni Capital

Omni Capital has announced three new appointments in underwriting, sales support and finance. Maria Curatolo...

Halifax Intermediaries cuts rates

Halifax Intermediaries has reduced rates across its mortgage range. A 90% LTV two-year fixed rate...

Barclays the latest to cut rates

Barclays is reducing the rates on six of its fixed rates mortgages by up...

Dev Malle leaves Personal Touch

Personal Touch has put in place a new management team following the resignation of...

Nationwide reduces fixed and tracker rates

Nationwide Building Society is cutting fixed and tracker rates by up to 0.40 percentage...

Slump in mortgage approvals last month

Gross mortgage lending of £7.2 billion in June was below the six-month average and...

Average rental yields are over 6.0%: TBMC

In the second quarter of 2012 the average buy-to-let variable rate was 4.10% compared...

Broker whacked with one of FSA’s largest insurance fraud fines

The FSA has banned and fined a former commercial insurance broker who used clients’...

Tiuta International in administration

Connaught Asset Management (CAM) has confirmed that Tiuta International Ltd has been placed into...

CHL gains NSAFS accreditation

CHL Mortgages has been independently assessed for its training and received the Accreditation of...

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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