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CBI&’039s &’039Plan A Plus&’039 includes call for MIG return

The CBI has called for the reintroduction of mortgage indemnity guarantees as part of...

The Coventry adds new deals to offering

Coventry Intermediaries has added new residential and buy-to-let mortgages to include two and three-year...

Oakwood ratings upgraded by Fitch

Fitch Ratings has upgraded a number of Oakwood Global Finance LLP's (Oakwood) UK servicer...

BuildLoan extends Melton self-build deal countrywide

BuildLoan says its Melton Mowbray Building Society advance stage payment self build and renovation...

Lloyds TSB unveils mobile app

Lloyds TSB has launched its first mobile banking app on the four leading smartphone...

Sesame Bankhall COO promoted to CEO

Sesame Bankhall Group chief operating officer George Higginson has been promoted to the position...

Promotions at Countrywide Land & New Homes

Countrywide Land & New Homes has announced two internal appointments. Steve Lillistone, most recently sales...

Increase in housing market activity

There was a rise in activity in the UK housing market during October, as...

Strong sales for equity release in Q3

Equity released increased to £261.25 million in the third quarter of 2011 with another...

Landlords remain upbeat about BTL market

Landlords are increasingly positive about the outlook for the UK buy-to-let market, according to...

Leeds&’039 Xmas card competition for school kids

The Leeds Building Society has launched a competition for schoolchildren to design its official...

Intermediary lending volume not rising with product expansion

The proportion of residential mortgages available only through intermediaries has risen over the last...

House prices continue volatility: Halifax

House prices in the three months to October were 0.3% lower than in the...

Bridging facts and fiction

Misconceptions about bridging still abound, laments Steven Nicholas, chief executive at Tiuta plc I'm always...

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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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Small firms show renewed appetite for finance as regional investment widens

The use of external finance by smaller UK businesses remained broadly stable in 2024,...

Aldermore unveils Platinum Broker status to deepen ties with asset finance partners

Aldermore has launched a new Platinum Broker status within its asset finance network, designed...

Rule changes expand options for first-time buyers

Tens of thousands more homes could have been within reach of first-time buyers over...

First-time buyer growth slows as affordability pressures persist

The number of first-time buyers entering the housing market has risen sharply this year...