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Bridgewater to hold state benefits seminars

Bridgewater Equity Release is to hold two new free 'State Benefits Update' seminars for...

YBS completes Egg deal

Yorkshire Building Society has completed the acquisition of the Egg mortgage and savings book...

Pension scheme quartet charged

The former President of the Association of Taxation Technicians and three of his business...

AFI extends sales teams&’039 opening hours

Abbey for Intermediaries has extended the opening hours for its sales teams. In a message...

Rise in over-65s&’039 property wealth

Retired homeowners have total property wealth owned outright of £756.6 billion despite continuing housing...

Focus on professionals, Heron tells BTL brokers

Paragon Mortgages chief John Heron has called on brokers looking to get into buy-to-let...

Housing market confidence hit by economic fears

A greater number of people expect house prices to fall rather than rise over...

Mutuals&’039 mortgage lending up 22% year-on-year

There were £2.5 billion of mortgages approved by mutual lenders in September, up 22%...

The right ABS parter is vital: Goldsmith

Caution should be the name of the game for brokers looking a partner to...

Enhanced equity release boosts More 2 Life&’039s market share

quity release provide More 2 Life has a 9.3% market share after its first...

AFI to provide “end to end” service

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has made changes to its Mortgage Application Tracking System (MATS)...

Rise in pre-tax profits for Barclays

Barclays has reported pre-tax profits of £5 billion for the first nine months of...

Economic worries hitting housing market

Average house prices fell by 0.2% in October, Hometrack has reported. This compared to falls...

The Chelsea joins YBS donation scheme

Chelsea Building Society is asking its members to sign up to a new scheme...

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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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Pepper Money bolsters regional team with NW appointment

Specialist mortgage lender Pepper Money has appointed Michelle Walsh as regional development manager for...

Paradigm Protect partners with Defaqto to strengthen product switching oversight

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection arm of Paradigm Mortgage Services, has launched a...

The nightmare of UK homebuying needs reform

House sellers will be forced to disclose problems with their homes before sale under...

Men more likely to use housing equity to clear debts than women, says Pure Retirement

Men are more inclined than women to release housing equity to repay debts or...