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Cuts to Woolwich fixed rates

Barclays has made cuts of up to 0.41 percentage points to 60% of its...

Strange departure from AIFA

Andrew Strange, Policy Director of AIFA, AMI and AFB, is to leave the organisations. He...

TBMC offers lease extension facility for brokers

TBMC has introduced a new lease extension service for intermediaries. It is accessed via its...

Banks grow share of mortgage lending

Annual growth of the banks' net mortgage lending was 1.7% in July, remaining ahead...

Conveyancing Quality Scheme hits 500 mark

Todmans SRE in Rayleigh, Essex has become the 500th law firm in England and...

OFT warning sounded over loan scams

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is warning people to steer clear of scam...

L&G receives training accreditation for network

Legal & General network has received accreditation from the National Skills Academy for Financial...

Scottish Provident paid out 91% of CI claims

Scottish Provident paid out almost £47 million to its critical illness policy holders during...

Overseas opportunities

How easy is it to secure finance in foreign climes? Clare Nessling, operations director...

N&P members give green light to YBS merger

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society's (N&P's) saving and borrowing members have voted in favour...

Firms more confident about own future than UK economy

Only 23% of companies feel positive about the current UK economy, with 66% of...

Link Loans acquired by WLB

Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank has announced the acquisition of Link Loans. The bank itself was acquired...

New POS system from Stonebridge Group

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has unveiled a new point-of-sale (POS) solution which...

Greater reliance than ever on PRS

Paragon has welcomed figures from by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG)...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Clydesdale Bank to overhaul variable rate mortgage range

Clydesdale Bank will withdraw a number of products and introduce new variable rate deals...

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