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ABC for fixed fee factoring

Aldermore has launched a fixed fee factoring package. Aldermore Business Confidence (ABC) enables small businesses...

Promise incentive targets the &’039occasional&’039 broker

Promise Solutions introducers will now receive a case of wine with every secured loan...

Economic fears hit housing market

Fears over the economy continued to impact negatively on the housing market in September,...

LV= speeds up intermediary protection sale process

LV= has cut the length of time it takes to complete protection business sold...

Saffron boss to join OneSavings Bank

Saffron Building Society has announced the departure of its chief executive. Andy Golding is to...

Buy-to-let rates and fees in downward trend

Buy-to-let mortgage rates have fallen in the last year, but remain significantly higher than...

AIFA/Prudential reveal At Retirement study launch plans

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) and Prudential UK are inviting AIFA members...

TMW launches app for Android and Blackberry phones

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has launched a buy-to-let affordability calculator app for Android and...

Precise Mortgages added to Norton panel

Norton Finance has added Precise Mortgages to its mortgage lending panel. Precise Mortgages specialises in...

OFT acts against three more debt management firms

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has taken action against three more debt management...

When Moore means no more

IT firms need imagination as well as technical brilliance, argues Paul Hunt, managing director...

Countrywide continues lettings office expansion

Countrywide has opened its 100th new lettings office in 14 months. The new office based...

Right to know where money is being invested: Triodos

Only 3% of savers in the UK feel their bank does enough to explain...

Youngest Scottish FTBs in Midlothian

Scotland's youngest home buyers can be found in Midlothian, according to latest research from...

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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...

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...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

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Barclays expands mortgage flexibility for homebuyers and landlords

Barclays has announced a series of updates to its mortgage policies designed to increase...

Walsham Brothers brings new mortgage protection products to market via Iress

Walsham Brothers has launched a suite of new mortgage payment protection insurance products through...

Skipton Business Finance bolsters Midlands reach with senior appointment

Skipton Business Finance has strengthened its presence in the Midlands with the appointment of...

Mortgage industry legends back Take Me Home Christmas Charity Concert

Support continues to build for what’s shaping up to be the mortgage industry’s biggest...