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New mortgage servicing platform unveiled

BancTec has launched a new mortgage servicing platform. The outsourcing firm says the platform is...

GEMHL added to Sesame panel

Sesame has added GE Money Home Lending to its lending panel. Sesame's appointed representatives will...

Durell integrates with Webline

Durell has embarked upon an integration with Webline, Capita Financial Software's quotation and e-apply...

HomeLet backs SAFEagent scheme

HomeLet has become the first UK firm to support a scheme aimed at making...

Nationwide cuts all two and three-year fixes

Nationwide has cut all its two and three-year fixed rates by up to 0.30...

FSA imposes restrictions on IFA directors

The FSA has imposed prohibitions on Paul Banfield and Anthony Moss, former directors of...

Fall in consumer confidence

Consumer confidence fell back by four points last month, according to the Nationwide Building...

Sesame Bankhall offers legal services proposition

Sesame Bankhall Group is offering a new legal services proposition. Its aim is to assist...

Rise in gross mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending rose by 16% to an estimated £12.6 billion in June, according...

Tenet alarmed by FCA ramifications

Tenet has expressed concern over the FSA's statement that the new Financial Conduct Authority...

KRS to offer care fees planning facility

Key Retirement Solutions (KRS) has revealed it is to launch a care fees planning...

Paradigm expands bridging panel

Paradigm Mortgage Service has added Lowry Capital to its bridging loan panel. The Manchester-based lender...

First direct espouses capped tracker benefits

First direct has launched a new three-year capped tracker mortgage. The 75% LTV deal currently...

Significant challenges for home insurance providers

Defaqto has reported that the number of products and providers in the home insurance...

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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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Younger workers most likely to keep working even without financial need, survey finds

More than half of working adults in Britain say they would continue to work...

Shawbrook lowers commercial mortgage rates and eases DSCR tests

Shawbrook has unveiled cuts of up to 0.70% across its range of 2, 3...

Inspired Lending delivers £380,000 bridging loan for urgent land deal

Inspired Lending has provided a £380,000 short-term facility to a limited company borrower in...

Brightstar launches advisory firm to tackle soaring private school fees

The Brightstar Group is launching a new advisory service aimed at helping parents manage...