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New buy-to-let deal from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society's fixed rate buy-to-let range now includes fees assisted deals available over...

Estate agent ad banned

Estate agent Maurice MacNeill Iona Ltd trading as Century 21, in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, has...

Lack of money inhibiting retirement planning

37% of economically active over-55s still haven't made plans for their finances in retirement,...

House prices “remarkably stable”: Halifax

House prices in the three months to November were 0.6% lower than in the...

CML largely backs SMI proposals

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has welcomed today's "call for evidence"" published by the...

Connaught reveals £130m funding line with Tiuta

Tiuta has received funding totalling £130 million from asset manager Connaught Asset Management to...

AFI confirms buy-to-let launch

Abbey for Intermediaries has confirmed its imminent launch into the buy-to-let sector. Santander has been...

Promise offers 75% LTV adverse seconds

Master broker Promise Solutions is now offering secured loans for borrowers with high adverse...

The Leeds cuts offset rates

Leeds Building Society has cut the rates on its two-year discount offset mortgage by...

HSBC fined £10.5m for inappropriate advice to elderly customers

The FSA has issued its largest ever retail fine of £10.5 million to HSBC...

London market to tail off in second half of 2012

An estate agent has predicted that next year the London property market will see...

LV= widens online valuation facility

LV= has upgraded its online valuation service. This means that advisers can now offer clients...

New specialist structured finance team at Aldermore

Aldermore has unveiled a team of experienced financial professionals to put together "flexible and...

Knight bats aways bonus bashing

British Bankers' Association (BBA) chief executive Angela Knight says ongoing disputes over the "emotive...

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The nightmare of UK homebuying needs reform

House sellers will be forced to disclose problems with their homes before sale under plans by the Government to cut costs for buyers and...

Goldilocks and the three bear markets

Are you familiar with C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) or you might know it by its nickname 3I/ATLAS? Whatever you want to call it,  it is currently...

Mark Bogard on policy, politics and the future of advice

When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy, he is unsparing in his assessment: short-termism, revolving-door ministers and...

Finding efficiency will keep branches as the beating heart of mutual sector

Whether you speak to customers or building societies, they will tell you just how important branches are – even as financial services and wider...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

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Stamp duty receipts rise to £9.3bn – but signs of a peak emerge

Homebuyers have paid £9.3 billion in stamp duty between January and August, a 20.6%...

2.5 million homeowners could move if stamp duty scrapped

Around 2.5 million homeowners could be freed to move house if Conservative Party plans...

Roma Finance completes £1.5m four-day auction loan

Roma Finance has completed a £1.5 million bridging loan in four days to fund...

INDUSTRY REACTION: Badenoch pledges to scrap stamp duty in bid to revive homeownership

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to abolish stamp duty on home sales, describing it as...