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New group sales head appointed by Sesame Bankhall

Sesame Bankhall Group has appointed David Kafetz as head of group sales. He has 30...

Assurant Intermediary outlines new webinar schedule

Assurant Intermediary has announced the new schedule for its regular free weekly training webinars...

Slight increase in rate of personal debt growth

Total UK personal debt at the end of July 2011 stood at £1,451 billion,...

Emergency savings main alternative to protection

66% of IFAs believe their clients who do not currently have protection products in...

Woolwich unveils new offset mortgages

Barclays has launched a new range of Woolwich offset mortgages. It includes a two-year offset...

House prices down 0.6%

House prices fell by 0.6% in August, the Nationwide Building Society has reported. The average...

MAB ditches Trigold for The Core

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is switching its mortgage sourcing software requirements to The Core,...

Family savings behind new Principality FTB deal

The Principality Building Society has launched a new mortgage designed to help first time...

New buy-to-let fixes from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new fixed rate buy-to-let range. Rates have been reduced...

L&G appoints intermediary chief for GI business

Legal & General has appointed Mark Holweger as its new broker & intermediary director...

The Yorkshire goes to work on Egg deal

The Yorkshire Building Society wants to complete its acquisition of Egg Banking plc's mortgage...

Trading history top of self-employed app woes

42% of mortgage intermediaries questioned by Kensington said the ability to prove adequate trading...

Target makes senior appointment

Target Group has appointed Paul Rose as its chief operating officer for delivery. Rose will...

Masthaven raises the ceiling to five million

Masthaven Bridging Finance has increased its maximum bridging loan size to £5,000,000. The large short...

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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...