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OFT provides guidance for estate agents and property developers

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a consultation on draft guidance to...

MortgageStream to develop broker system for HLP

Homeloan Partnership Network has chosen MortgageStream to create an all new bespoke point of...

New five-year fix from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has launched a new five-year fixed rate mortgage at 4.19%. It is...

Cost of paying home insurance monthly revealed

Research by moneysupermarket.com suggests there is a large variety in the amounts home insurers...

Lloyds Banking Group deputy chairman to step down

Lord Leitch is to retire from the board of Lloyds Banking Group and as...

Countrywide Corporate Property Services appoints new property sales director

Richard Freedman has been appointed as property sales director for Countrywide Corporate Property Services,...

AIP boost for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has reported an increase in the number of AIPs (agreements in...

Next Intelligence unveils protection panel for Das

Next Intelligence has launched a new life protection panel specifically designed for the Directly...

Only 5% deposit needed for new Aldermore/Hitachi Capital deal

Aldermore has launched a new scheme which requires borrowers to raise only a 5%...

The Leed cuts rates in intermediary range

Leeds Building Society is now offering a new reduced rate of 2.50% on its...

Goldsmith Williams looks to ABS with new hires

Law firm Goldsmith Williams has appointed Fiona King and Andrea Stott to its marketing...

Bumper month for HML

HML has secured its 50th client, won a billion pound mortgage administration deal and...

The Principality backs Welsh affordable homes initiative

Four housing associations have joined forces to deliver affordable homes through a pilot project...

CFP Software endorses SAGEagent

CFP Software has offered its support to a new Government-recognised mark to help consumers...

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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...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

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The Vernon named employer of the year at Stockport Business Awards

Vernon Building Society has been recognised as Employer of the Year at the Stockport...

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,...

MAB’s Brodnicki urges brokers embrace  technology, data and AI to make the intermediary proposition even more compelling than it is today

Peter Brodnicki, chief executive of the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), told brokers they must...

Clydesdale Bank to overhaul variable rate mortgage range

Clydesdale Bank will withdraw a number of products and introduce new variable rate deals...