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Slight increase in FTB levels forecast

Rightmove's latest First-Time Buyer Report has forecast a marginal rise in prospective first-time buyer...

Record call levels for Business Debtline

Business Debtline, the free, independent advice service for small and micro businesses, is warning...

Low deposit mortgages are back – for now

2012 has begun positively, notes Terry McCutcheon, CEO of the Finance Planning Group We haven't...

AMI calls for more QE

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) believes that quantitative easing is "the only way...

Job security the main obstacle to buying

29% of Britons believe house prices across the UK will increase over the next...

Majority use mobile for business – just

A slim majority of advisers in a BestAdvice poll say they use mobile technology...

The power of the client bank

There are ways to make your client bank more attractive to potential purchasers, explains...

Precise to allow joint representation on bridging

From Monday 6 February Precise Mortgages will allow borrowers to use Precise Mortgages' solicitors...

Sale and rent back market effectively closed: FSA

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a report that shows most sale and...

The Cambridge appoints valuation panel manager

The Cambridge Building Society has selected Sesame Bankhall Valuation Services (SBVS) as its exclusive...

The Debt Advisor teams up with SimplyBiz

Manchester-based debt management company, The Debt Advisor, has joined forces with SimplyBiz Mortgages. The new...

Enness Private Clients makes new hire

Enness Private Clients has appointed Jaime Harris as its new commercial relationship manager. This is...

Scottish Provident maintains five star rating

Scottish Provident has been awarded the maximum five star rating by Defaqto for its...

Regulator&’039s funding requirement up 16%

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced its proposed Annual Funding Requirement (AFR) for...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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