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Santander cuts first-time buyer rate

Santander is reducing the rate on an exclusive to first-time buyer product by 0.15%. The...

Fixed rates back in favour

75% of all mortgage applications (excluding remortgages) in January 2011 were for fixed rate...

Standard Life International appoints new chairman

2011-02-17 12:53

New deals from Abbey for Intermediaries tomorrow

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) is launching tomorrow three new mortgage products - two fixed...

Insurance industry wants faster review of FSCS

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA), has called on the FSA to accelerate its...

30% looking to move house this year?

Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks have claimed that 30% of people in the UK are...

Fears raised over unemployment rise

Official labour market statistics for the October-December 2010 quarter published by the Office for...

LeadPoint unveils price and volume calculator

LeadPoint has launched a dynamic lead price and volume calculator. Lead buyers will be able...

Brilliant enters conveyancing partnership with OpenConvey

Brilliant Solutions has appointed OpenConvey as its primary conveyancing partner. The Peterborough based product and...

Intrinsic members can now access Brightstar products

Brightstar Financial has agreed a distribution deal with network Intrinsic Financial Services. It means that...

Leeds targets FTBs with savings initiative

Leeds Building Society has launched a first-time buyer product, which consists of a savings...

TBMC unveils buy-to-let exclusives

TBMC has launched two new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage products with Leeds Building Society. The...

Repossessions to rise in second half of year: HML

HML has forecast that UK repossessions are likely to fall during the first half...

DAs believe packager environment improving

48% of directly authorised (DA) intermediaries surveyed by The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) say 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...