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Bridgewater to head to Bristol and Maidstone

Bridgewater Equity Release has published details of the latest in its series of regular...

Payne leaves Assurant Intermediary

Assurant Solutions has announced the departure of Assurant Intermediary's managing director, Nigel Payne . In...

Intermediary product numbers increase

The number of mortgage products available to UK mortgage brokers has risen for the...

Further signs of mortgage market stabilisation: CML

The number of loans for house purchase and remortgaging both increased in May, showing...

Rental demand continues to rise

The number of tenants competing for each room to rent is far higher than...

Paradigm members offered new Partnership product

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a further strategic alliance with Partnership's equity release offering. The...

Tiuta expects lending to continue to grow

Tiuta PLC says June proved to be another strong month for the short-term lender. Last...

Don’t bank on the banks

Mainstream lenders' appetite to lend doesn't look likely to improve, argues Steven Nicholas, CEO...

Mobile reception dictates house hunter decision

84% of house hunters says that mobile phone reception affects their decision as to...

Halifax cuts fixed rates

Halifax has made cuts of up to 0.35 basis points across its range of...

Growing interest in Alternative Business Structures

Goldsmith Williams has claimed that many firms are looking to create an Alternative Business...

Offset mortgages beat best buy savings accounts

Over the past two years UK offset mortgage borrowers have earned £1.4 billion more...

Friends Life staff get stuck into community work

Employees at Friends Life, have been helping out in the local community, assisting with...

Santander UK axes Indian call centres

Santander UK is moving its call centres back to the UK. It is returning all...

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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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Perenna appoints industry veteran Steve Mannakee

Long-term fixed-rate mortgage lender Perenna has strengthened its distribution team with the appointment of...

Three more top lenders back Take Me Home Christmas charity concert

Support is flooding in for the mortgage industry’s biggest charitable event of the year...

Time Finance partners with British Business Bank to dispel invoice finance myths

Independent lender Time Finance has joined forces with the British Business Bank to challenge...

Shepherds Friendly names new chief executive

Shepherds Friendly has appointed Jonathan Sandell as its next chief executive, succeeding Ann-Marie O’Dea,...