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Northern Rock makes further rate cuts

Northern Rock has cut rates by up to 0.18 basis points on its Intermediary...

The Secured Loan Network expands lender panel

The Secured Loan Network has added Prestige Finance to its panel of lenders. The firm...

Highland house prices rise 2% in June

House prices in the Highlands and Islands edged upwards during June. According to the...

Increase in high value house sales

House prices fell 0.8% in June to January 2010 levels but transactions rose 20%,...

Crime too close to home due to SatNavs?

AXA home insurance has argued that satellite navigation devices are contributing to a growing...

Rise in tracker margins

Defaqto has found that average margins, above the Bank of England base-rate, charged by...

Platform unveils new deals

Platform has launched new mortgage products including a two-year fixed rate buy-to-let deal that...

Another seven-day special from Abbey

On Friday, Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will launch another Key Account exclusive and reduce...

MPC holds Bank Rate

As widely predicted, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MP) today voted to...

CDS Group looks to expand

The organisation which launched the mortgage sourcing engine 'The Core' last year is set...

SMEs calling for government help

The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) asking the government to act decisively...

New 95% first time buyer mortgage launched

Saffron Building Society has unveiled a new 95% mortgage for first time buyers who...

House prices &quotbroadly unchanged&quot from December 2010

House prices in the three months to June were 0.5% lower than in the...

Northern Rock wins awards for exclusion efforts

Northern Rock has been given a national award from The Prince of Wales' Business...

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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,...