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Will the Autumn Statement plans work?

The Autumn Statement initiatives should be given a cautious welcome, writes Steven Nicholas, chief...

Property to weather economic storm?

63% of those surveyed by Rightmove expect house prices to be the same or...

FSCS strengthens board

The FSA has appointed Paul Stockton as non&shy-executive director to the board of the...

Aviva promotes group risk protection with new site

Aviva has launched Letstalkgrouprisk.co.uk to help advisers understand how group risk benefits can bring...

L&G chooses TrigoldCrystal as sole mortgage data provider

TrigoldCrystal has been selected as the exclusive provider of mortgage data to Legal and...

HML shortlisted for global business gong

HML is one of half a dozen European companies to be short-listed as a...

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation racks up quarter of a century in business

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has reached a significant milestone as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. The...

AFI makes rate change

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has made changes to its product range. Its two-year fixed rate...

RICS attempts to tackle PI problems

RICS has launched a consultation to tackle problems about current risk and pricing in...

Stonebridge considering acquisition to boost AR numbers

Stonebridge Group has outlined a new expansion plan for 2012 which will see it...

LV= now accessible via Avelo Exchange

Advisers can now quote and apply for LV='s budget income protection (IP) product through...

New BDM at Assurant Intermediary

Assurant Intermediary has promoted Penny Reese to the position of business development manager. She joined...

Mortgage Brain to buy MortgageStream

Mortgage Brain has agreed the terms to acquire point-of-sale and case management system provider,...

Increase in second change lending

Over £4.9 billion was lent to consumers by members of the Finance and Leasing...

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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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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...

Santander calls for homebuying reforms as young buyers bear the brunt of broken system

Younger buyers and families are suffering most from England and Wales’s outdated homebuying process,...