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Brokers “not engaging” with FSA on new regulation

Just before the closing date for responses to the FSA's latest proposals on Distribution...

Gateway celebrates record first quarter

Gateway Surveyors has reported an 80% increase in volumes for the first quarter of...

Precise improves offering

Precise Mortgage has improved its near-prime proposition. Its Near Prime Home Owner mortgage products are...

Stonebridge wants ARs to look further afield for future

Mortgage network Stonebridge Group launched a new recruitment programme for its appointed representative (AR)...

Funder supports Tiuta following quartet’s departure

Connaught Asset Management, the funder behind bridging lender Tiuta, says it fully supports the...

Platform unveils new residential and BTL deals

Platform has launched a new range of buy-to-let and residential products. The lender has introduced...

Payment shocks awaits the ‘wait and see’ brigade: first direct

Mortgage holders who have come to the end of their current mortgage deal and...

Free, &quotunbiased&quot advice service to all launches

The Money Advice Service has been launched with the aim to help people take...

CML encouraged by Conveyancing Quality Scheme interest

Over 700 firms have so far applied to join the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality...

Countrywide snaps up Mortgage Intelligence

Countrywide has announced the acquisition of Mortgage Intelligence. The network, which merged with Mortgage Next...

BDS ARs to move under Pink umbrella

Mortgage networks BDS and Pink are be consolidated into one network under the Pink...

Precise campaigns for non-prime product awareness

Precise Mortgages has unveiled its Prime Time for Near Prime campaign, designed to educate...

New ASU product offers custom tailoring

Berkeley Alexander has unveiled a new type of ASU cover which offers the combination...

Bridgewater publishes technical sales aid

Bridgewater Equity Release has published a technical sales aid to help advisers and their...

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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...

Supercharging affordability: a broker’s tool for unlocking complex cases

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? The ability to see the future? To slow down time? To get every case...

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Budget jitters chill demand for £500,000-plus homes

The UK housing market is showing signs of strain at the top end as...

Labour’s housing target in doubt after embarrassing interview

Housing Secretary Steve Reed was left floundering when pressed on how many homes Labour...

Mortgage sector faces persistent mental health challenge

The mental health of mortgage industry professionals remains a significant concern according to new...

One in 10 homes still fail standards as Awaab’s Law looms

Almost 430,000 social rented homes in England are failing to meet minimum quality requirements,...