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Santander estimates FTB stamp duty savings

First time buyers have saved an estimated £319 million as a result of the...

Q4 2011 a good period for buy-to-let

More than a third of mortgage intermediaries saw an influx of buy-to-let business in...

Barclays makes key retail and business banking hire

Barclays has announces the appointment of Steve Weston as managing director of retail lending...

RBS and Natwest TV ads banned

Two TV ads for Natwest and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), have been...

Post Office cuts mortgage rates

The Post Office is cutting its mortgage rates by up to 1.01 percentage points...

Stonebridge expands &’039limited&’039 panel

Stonebridge Group has added Legal & General to its limited life and protection panel. &...

89% of FTBs bought a stamp duty-free home

Of the 331,899 first-time buyer loans taken out between the start of the stamp...

UTB makes Liddle appointment

United Trust Bank has made a new appointment. The lender has hired Sharon Liddle as...

Masthaven set for Spring second charge launch

Masthaven Secured Loans is set to launch into the secured loans market in the...

Bridging the equity release gap

Specialist advisers are key to equity release's growth, explains Peter Welch, head of sales...

Leads: for and against

Is lead generation for you? While it might sound strange coming from a lead provider,...

New intermediary exclusive from the Teachers BS

Teachers Building Society has launched a new two-year discounted variable rate mortgage up to...

Holloway Friendly sees increase in IP claim payouts

Holloway Friendly paid 96.2% of all income protection claims in 2011, an increase on...

AToM offers bridging referral service

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has unveiled its 'Premier Bridging' service. The specialist mortgage...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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