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Desperately seeking innovation

Even software giants can struggle, writes Paul Hunt, managing director of Phoebus Software Ltd The...

Considering your business’s sale options

IFAs have options if they want to realise cash from their businesses, argues David...

Asking prices up 3.1%: Rightmove

New sellers in February have increased their asking prices by 3.1% to an average...

Banks letting down customers with complaints handling

New research from Consumer Focus indicates that three-quarters of customers with a grievance against...

Scottish labour market performing well

The Scottish labour market improved at a "solid"" rate in January

FPC external members revealed

The government and the Bank of England have announced that Alastair Clark, Michael Cohrs,...

Tenants vulnerable to ‘scraping’, ARLA warns

People are being defrauded out of thousands of pounds via illegal lettings websites. The...

Three new execs at Ageas Insurance

Ageas Insurance (formerly Fortis) has appointed three new broker account executives to cover the...

Year-on-year improvement in gross mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in January was down on the previous month but better than...

Target Bluechip unveils Debt Planner

Target Bluechip has launched a new packaged software solution for debt management plan providers....

Two-year high in fixed-rate popularity

Countrywide has reported that the volume of remortgage applications last month reached the highest...

TMW alters residential and guarantor rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has made changes to its residential and guarantor fixed rate...

Scottish housing market remains stable

The Scottish housing market's recovery from the recession has remained stable,with on an annual,...

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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...