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Conveyancing milestone reached

NLIS and SearchFlow have celebrated the UK's 20 millionth electronic conveyancing search this month. The...

Davenham administrators appointed

Davenham and its group subsidiaries have now entered administration. David John Whitehouse, Philip Duffy and...

Inflation hits 20-year high

The annual rate of consumer price inflation (CPI) rose in September from 4.5% to...

Surprise! Direct-only lender claims direct is best

HSBC has claimed that 81% of "best buy"" mortgage rates over the past 12...

The Cambridge improves BTL loan ceiling

The Cambridge Building Society has increasing the maximum loan size on its 4.89%, two-year...

LeadPoint UK takes second place in tech growth survey

Lead generator LeadPoint UK ranked number two in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50,...

Huge rise expected in m-commerce

British consumers are set to spend £19.3 billion a year using their mobile phones...

Clydesdale/Yorkshire banks lower FTB rates

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has published new lower rates for their range of first-time...

New life and GI system from MortgageStream

MortgageStream has unveiled a new point of sale and back office system for life...

Aviva improves critical illness proposition

New Aviva critical illness customers will now be able to receive partial payments for...

Brokers report Q3 rise in buy-to-let business

Paragon Mortgages' latest Financial Advisor Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index has reported that, on average,...

Shawbrook Bank new identity for WLB

Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank (WLB) has become Shawbrook Bank Limited. This new bank combines the savings...

Vive la France!

Opportunities in the French mortgage market are ripe for the taking, says Clare Nessling,...

How to make lead generation work

Justin Rees advises on how to take your lead generation to the next level Thousands...

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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...

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...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

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Phoebus strengthens client assurance with SOC 2 Type II attestation

Phoebus Software has completed its Service Organisation Control (SOC) 2 Type II attestation, an...

Most landlords unaware who the housing minister is

The majority of landlords remain in the dark about who currently serves as housing...

Lakeshield unveils seven-day residential bridging loan

Specialist short-term lender Lakeshield has launched a new residential bridging product promising completion in...

Time Finance provides £450k facility for waste management expansion

SoilEx, an environmental construction waste management specialist based in Harpenden, has secured a £450,000...