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First Complete hails its first year

The First Complete network has increased its protection business by 108% over the last...

Q2 fall in consumer credit lending

Consumer credit lending fell by 3% in June, and by 1% in Q2, compared...

The Coventry unveils four-year fix

Coventry Intermediaries has launched new fixed rate mortgages including a four-year fixed rate available...

Economic uncertainly sees fall in consumer confidence

There was a small dip in consumer confidence in July, the Nationwide has reported. According...

Bridging constitutes under 1% of mortgage market, claims Montello

Bridging financier Montello has estimated that the current 'loan book' for the UK bridging...

Jailed broker banned by FSA

The FSA has banned a mortgage broker who has been convicted of financial crime...

More turning to mortgage brokers

An increasing number of borrowers are seeking out professional advice for the first time,...

Zenith reaches 1,000 adviser milestone

Over 1,000 advisers are now writing their protection business through Sesame Bankhall Group's Zenith...

NatWest IS adds products and cuts rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has launched three new mortgages in its corporate range and made...

The Bucks unveils three-year stepped deal

Buckinghamshire Building Society is offering a new stepped discount mortgage. The only remaining local Building...

Santander calculates costs of catchment areas

Moving into the catchment area of a good school is becoming an increasingly important...

Zurich hires duo for high net worth team

Zurich has appointed Lennox Bunting as London market manager and Alan Gorman as senior...

Stockport broker loses FSA permissions

A mortgage broker is to lose its permissions over RMAR failings. Total Independent Mortgages Limited...

Cashback bolsters Northern Rock&’039s BTL business

Northern Rock says it has witnessed a marked increase in the volume of new...

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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...