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Northern Rock makes Everyday rate cuts

Northern Rock has made further cuts on its Everyday mortgage rates. A number of rates...

Manchester Expo registration now open

Registration is now open for Mortgage Business Expo Manchester. The event is to takeplace on...

OFT finalises land agreements guidelines

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a guideline for businesses about the...

Accord cut two-year deals by 0.20%

Accord Mortgages has reduced that rates on its two-year fixed rate mortgage range by...

TrigoldCrystal bullish about future

TrigoldCrystal says it is to reinvest 'surplus' profits into product development. The firm issued a...

Borro joins NACFB

Short-term asset lender borro has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB)...

Single platform consolidation for Friends Life operations

Friends Life is to consolidate its individual protection propositions onto a single platform for...

AIFA wants levy rebate debate

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has called for a consultation on Financial...

BUDGET 2011: &quotA missed opportunity&quot, says AMI

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has expressed disappointment that the Budget did not...

BUDGET 2011: stamp duty changes will &quotboost residential investment&quot

The British Property Federation (BPF) has claimed victory in its campaign to boost residential...

BUDGET 2011: REIT regime change backed

The British Property Federation has welcomed changes to the UK Real estate investment trust...

BUDGET 2011: FTB package &quotwill not kick-start property sector&quot

PKF Accountants & business advisers has warned that the support package for first time...

BUDGET 2011: Protection business reclassified

Friends Provident has backed the Budget announcement that new protection business has been reclassified...

Leeds to continue FTB drive

Leeds Building Society says it will continue to design products specifically for first-time-buyers through...

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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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Generation X faces retirement squeeze with smaller pensions than parents

Generation X risks becoming the first cohort to retire with less financial security than...

Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

United Trust Bank has unveiled a package of bridging loan changes aimed at making...