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Barclays maintains Savills facility

Barclays Corporate has renewed its credit arrangement with Savills plc. The £50 million Revolving Credit...

Kensington unveils capped tracker proposition

Kensington is now offering capped tracker mortgages. The lender says it has launched its first...

Co-op to pilot legal services

The Co-operative is to offer legal services through its high street bank branches. The initiative...

Woolwich remortgage deals upped to 85% LTV

Barclays has extended its range of Woolwich remortgage deals to 85% LTV. Included in this...

Institute of Financial Services in line for FSA accreditation

The FSA has proposed to recognise the Institute of Financial Services as an accredited...

LV= hires new head of retirement propositions

Philip Brown has been appointed as head of retirement propositions at LV=. His is to...

Kensington makes key rate reductions

Kensington has unveiled its summer mortgage range. It has reduced rates across a number of...

Three-year high for intermediary product numbers

Mortgage Brain's latest monthly product analysis has resulted in the firm claiming that the...

New protection boss at Friends Life

Steve Payne has been appointed by Friends Life as managing director for its protection...

The Coventry offers 5-year fixed FTB mortgage

Coventry Building Society will launch on Tuesday 7 June an ERC free, five-year fixed...

New capped trackers from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has launched a new range of thee-year capped tracker mortgages. At 75% LTV,...

The dilemmas and opportunity with recruitment

How can you recruit in the most cost-effective manner for both the short and...

We’re only half way up the mountain

Equity release still has to fight against its historically poor reputation, writes Peter Welch,...

AFI makes changes to maximum loan sizes

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has increased the maximum loan size on a number of...

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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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Marsden relaxes restrictions on mortgage applicants with international ties

Marsden Building Society has eased its stance on mortgage applications linked to countries deemed...

The Family BS launches expat limited company buy-to-let range

Family Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let range designed for limited company landlords...

UK property transactions dip in August as market waits for clarity

UK property transactions slowed in August after three months of steady gains, according to...

Finova teams with Escode to launch escrow service for lenders

Finova, the cloud-based mortgage and savings software provider, has joined forces with Escode, a...