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Holloway Friendly enhances Purely IP product

Holloway Friendly has launched Purely Day One,which it claims is an enhancement to its...

Northern Rock adds intermediary exclusives to range

Northern Rock has launched a selection of mortgages for borrowers with larger deposits, exclusively...

New SME business support service launched

The Debt Advisor has launched a new business support service, designed to help SMEs...

Lloyds tops FOS complaints list

Lloyds Banking Group topped the list of financial services firms for new complaints made...

Intermediary mortgage numbers rise for ninth consecutive month

The number of mortgage products available to intermediaries has increased by 40% during the...

Landlords looking to meet family rental demand

There has been a significant increase in the proportion of landlords planning to purchase...

Website overhaul for Paradigm Mortgage Services

Paradigm Mortgage Services has unveiled its new website at www.paradigmmortgages.com. The mortgage services proposition has...

Kids optimistic about home ownership

68% of children surveyed believe they will own their dream home by the age...

Shapps&’039 position on rented sector disappoints ARLA

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) has expressed its disappointment that Grant Shapps,...

The Co-op moves to expand community banking

The Co-operative Bank has started what it calls a 'major transformation' of its Britannia...

Openwork appoints marketing & propositions chief

Openwork has appointed Philip Martin as its marketing and propositions director. Martin joins from F&C...

AFI to cut rates by up to one percentage point

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow launch a range of new three, four and...

Brace of wins for borro

Short term asset lender borro has announced two award wins, following Smarta.com naming the...

Competitive pricing is no excuse for shabby service

Don't wait around for a tip, warns Gareth Lewis, head of business development at...

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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...