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Q4 arrears down 7% on 2009

The number of new arrears cases in the final quarter of 2010 was 38,800,...

Accord reprices and adds low-fee options

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a new range of semi-exclusive products, with "low-fee"" deals for...

Mortgage Extra Live to focus on business diversification

PMS and Sesame will concentrate their next broker seminars on business development and diversifying...

Growing reluctance to move home

30% of those who took part in a recent Moving Intentions Survey (MIS) carried...

Roger Morris quits Affirmative Finance for Precise Mortgages

Roger Morris, sales and marketing director at Affirmative Finance, is to join Precise Mortgages. He...

BS versus common sense

Simple ideas are often the best, says Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home...

Focus appoints implementation director

Financial services software provider Focus Solutions has appointed Kieron O'Toole as implementation director, following...

B&B shareholders refused compensation claims

The Independent Valuer appointed to evaluate any possible compensation due over the Bradford &...

William Pears takes stake in Masthaven

Masthaven Bridging Finance has revealed that it has secured an eight figure investment from...

TFC adds Norton Finance to panel

Norton Finance has joined TFC Homeloans' secured loan panel. TFC Homeloans has been a mortgage...

40% rise in apps for Countrywide

Countrywide has reported a 40% increase in mortgage applications last month. Nine out of 10...

Tully joins MGM Advantage

MGM Advantage has appointed Andrew Tully to the newly created role of retirement income...

New chairman for ifs School of Finance

Dr. Paul Fisher, executive director of markets at the Bank of England, has been...

Portal Portfolio removes compulsory pension element from secured loan

Secured loan provider Portal Portfolio says it has attracted new funding which means that...

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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...