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Assurant Intermediary unveils BrokerZone

Assurant Intermediary has launched BrokerZone, a new dedicated area for intermediaries on its website. Intermediaries...

Boost in housing demand

Demand for housing reached a six-month high in January, according to the National Association...

Consumer confidence falls again

Consumer confidence fell back again in January, following a rise in December, according to...

The Saffron and Taylor Wimpey to offer 95% FTB deals

Saffron Building Society has teamed up with house builders Taylor Wimpey, to offer 95%...

Profits up at Barclays

Barclays has reported group pre-tax profits of £6.065 billion, up 32% on 2009's figure...

Home & Legacy boosts new business

Home & Legacy has announced an increase in sales across its whole product portfolio,...

First-time buyer woes highlighted

Rightmove inaugural First-Time Buyer Report of 2011 has found that the proportion of buyers...

Major increase in online debt counselling enquiries

Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has reported a significant rise in the number of...

Brokers prove their worth to first-time buyers

Intermediaries remain crucial to the mortgage market, being responsible for introducing two-thirds of first-time...

Reasons to choose home reversion (part one)

The top reason why a customer opts for a home reversion plan is to...

Intrinsic signs up with Largemortgageloans.com

Largemortgageloans.com has announced a new agreement with Intrinsic Financial Services to deliver its large...

Brokers back Kensington’s buy-to-let move

Over three-quarters of brokers responding to a BestAdvice.net poll said they expected Kensington to...

Sesame offering two-deal FSCS levy payment option

Sesame has moved to give members the option of spreading Financial Services Compensation Scheme...

Tenet advisers select award winners

Zurich UK Life has won the Provider of the Year award following a survey...

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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...