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Improved drawdown options from More 2 Life

More 2 Life has expanded drawdown options for clients qualifying for enhanced rates by...

TBMC to distribute Kent Reliance BTL deals

TBMC has expanded its product offering. The buy-to-let and commercial mortgage specialist has been selected...

Teachers improves its broker portal

Teachers Building Society has unveiled a new online portal for intermediaries. It was developed with...

Defaqto highlights offset attractiveness

Offset mortgages could be the answer for savers who are losing out because of...

Landlords look to Green Deal

Two-thirds of private landlords would consider taking advantage of the Government's Green Deal scheme...

Tribunal back OFT’s revocation of debt collector’s CCL

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has had its decision to revoke the consumer...

Complaints over Money Advice Service not upheld

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The Key improves its GI and protection functionality

Mortgage Brain has made improvements to the Key, its point-of-sale, compliance and CRM system,...

Huddersfield Giants receives donation from Leeds BS

Leeds Building Society presented Huddersfield Giants with a cheque for almost £1,700 at half-time...

Sesame Bankhall Group partners with Connells

Sesame Bankhall Group has entered into a long-term partnership with Connells involving a range...

miLoan broker passes 1,000 user milestone

Over 1,000 brokers have now signed up to miLoan broker, the online sourcing system...

Accord cuts rates on two-year fixes

Accord Mortgages has cutting up to 0.20 percentage points from the cost of its...

Tiny rise in value of outstanding mortgages

The total value of outstanding loans in the second quarter of 2011 increased by...

Price cuts from Precise

Precise Mortgages has launched a new range of near prime mortgage products. The range is...

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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...