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Mortgageforce chooses new MortgageStream software

Mortgageforce has adopted MortgageStream's new version of its lead management, point of sale and...

Ingard agrees deal with Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has agreed a strategic alliance with Ingard Financial. Essex-based network Ingard's 90 advisers...

PMS partners with Promise Solutions

Mortgage club PMS has agreed a deal with Promise Solutions to offer advisers a...

Mortgage lending picks up at the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has posted reduced profit for 2010 but ended the...

All regions see ‘significant’ increases in property sales

Month-on-month houses sales in February were up 38.3% on January's, according to the latest...

23% of equity release customers help family

The average payment made via equity release to help out family was £23,328, according...

Rental demand will continue to rise into 2012: ARLA

Members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) believe that demand for rental...

Conti in exclusive partnership with Paymentshield Mortgage Club

Overseas mortgage firm Conti, the UK's leading has joined forces with Paymentshield Mortgage Club,...

NatWest IS adds new BTL deal and updates rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions (NatWest IS) is launching a new 75% LTV fixed rate buy-to-let...

AFI adds webpage to show current service levels

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has unveiled a new service page on its website. The &lta...

Xit2 on Target with new partnership

Target Group has selected xit2 to distribute and manage its instructions to third parties...

Wonga ad breached ASA rules

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a television advert from short-term lender Wonga.com. The...

EPCs failing to inform decision-making: Consumer Focus

Consumer Focus has published research which is claims shows that Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)...

CML wants wholesale change of conveyancing market

Lenders have called for a "fundamental review"" of the conveyancing market to address the...

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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...