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HSBC makes corporate banking appointment for South West

HSBC has appointed Paul Wood as senior corporate banking manager for the South West....

FTB sales at lowest level for three years, say estate agents

Estate agents have reported that the number of sales to first time buyers fell...

Another day, another land banking firm wound up

A company that mis-sold undeveloped land for investment to the public has been ordered...

Openwork awarded National Skills Academy accreditation

Openwork's Learning and Development (L&D) team has been awarded a formal accreditation by the...

Omni Capital and Niche Financial complete £1m deal

Niche Financial Solutions has completed its first deal with Omni Capital, worth £1 million. The...

CCCS appoints new creditor relations head

Debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has announced the appointment of Richard Haymes...

Advisers &quotmeeting the challenge&quot of RDR

89% of advisers surveyed believe they are likely to remain in business post-RDR, with...

Barclays to introduce talking ATMs to help blind customers

Barclays is to join Royal National Institute of Blind People's (RNIB) campaign by committing...

Departure at RBS

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced that Brian Hartzer, executive committee member...

HSBC offers 3.84% deal at 90% LTV

HSBC has launched its first ever sub 4% interest rate for a 90% LTV...

New 90% LTV deals from NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is adding two new 90% LTV deals to its intermediary product...

Changes to TMW range

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is updating its product range tomorrow (Thursday 24 November). Its stepped...

Venue change for Expo

Mortgage Business Expo is to move from Olympia to the ExCeL exhibition and conference...

Two arrested in FSA investigation

The FSA has moved against two unauthorised 'advisers'. The pair are suspected of providing financial...

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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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CapitalRise joins BDLA to strengthen collaboration in specialist lending

CapitalRise has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA), becoming the latest lender...

Atom bank widens access to Growth Guarantee Scheme loans

Atom bank has broadened its lending criteria under the government-backed Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS),...

StreamBank joins Synergy Commercial Finance lender panel

StreamBank has joined the lender panel of Synergy Commercial Finance, giving the network’s appointed...

Norton Group strengthens leadership with head of risk and compliance hire

Norton Group has appointed Emma-Jayne Savory as head of risk and compliance, marking the...