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Openwork raises £75,000 for disadvantaged children

A team of advisers, staff and friends of Openwork have raised £75,000 for the...

Mortgage Trading Exchange improves functionality

The Mortgage Trading Exchange (mte) has unveiled new functions and capabilities for its broker...

Brokers missing out with unplaced secured loan enquiries

The average mortgage intermediary comes across 14 secured loan enquiries per year, according to...

Backers pledge to promote SAFEagent

The SAFEagent campaign held its first consumer stakeholder forum on 12 December. The meeting, chaired...

November saw rent decreases

Rents fell last month for the first time in 10 months, according to the...

HML migrates BoI mortgages for sale purposes

HML has completed the migration of £1.2 billion worth of mortgages from Bank of...

Ageas Protect to improve existing CI policies

Following the launch of its 'enhanced' critical illness product in November, Ageas Protect says...

CML forecasts £138bn gross lending in 2012

Gross mortgage lending in November totalled an estimated £13.0 billion, with the monthly figure...

Portas Review backed by high street conveyancers

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HML expects 7% rise in repossessions next year

Repossessions are set to rise by around 7% in 2012 according to a regional...

FSA acts against another landbanking firm

The FSA has secured a summary judgment in the High Court against land banking...

Tiuta secured £30m funding

Tiuta has secured £30 million in new funding for use during December 2011 and...

Self-build market to double by 2015

Research by Datamonitor suggests that mortgage advances for self-build properties will rise from less...

Horta-Os&oacuterio to return to LBG helm

Lloyds Banking Group chief executive, Ant&oacutenio Horta-Os&oacuterio, is to return from his leave of...

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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