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Casual landlords vulnerable to theft

According to new research from home insurer More Than, 60% of 'casual' landlords are...

Growing opportunities in protection

New opportunities for advisers are developing within the income protection market, despite the fall...

Talk Group reveals new structure

Talk Group, the holding company for Mortgage Talk, Robert Sterling Financial Services and Mortgage...

LeadsList moves into debt lead market

LeadsList has updated its real-time leads market with the introduction of debt leads. Debt Leads...

Another firm signs up to SAFEagent

Sequence has become the latest firm to join the nationwide SAFEagent campaign aimed at...

Mortgage finance cheaper than when Bank Rate first hit 0.5%

Analysis by independent financial research company Defaqto has found that those able to secure...

Brokers split over Base Rate rise strategy

Kensington has reported that intermediaries are divided on the opportunity to grow their remortgage...

E.surv reports rise in approvals during August

Purchase approvals reached a 15-month high in August, due to loosening lending criteria and...

Lead Co-op offers life assurance leads

Lead Co-op has launched a life assurance lead service. Every adviser can set their...

BIBA wants Riot Damages Act changes

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) wants the government to change the Riot Damages...

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation unveils new auction product

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has launched a new product and revised criteria. The changes aim to...

Legal & General launches protection awards

Legal & General has launched its 2011 Business Quality Awards. It says they are designed...

Nationwide revamps further advance rates and criteria

Nationwide Building Society has overhauled its approach to further advances. From 9 September 2011, Nationwide...

MPC holds rates yet again

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to leave the Bank...

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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...