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Brokers confirm AFI service improvement

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) claimed a 50% rise in broker satisfaction levels for customer...

YBS targets smartphone users with mobile site

Yorkshire Building Society has launch a mobile website designed specifically to access product information...

Kensington offers &quoteye-catching&quot BTL deals in new range

Kensington has unveiled its new buy-to-let range, which includes deals from 5.24%. The range, which...

Tiuta unveils valuation refund offer

Short-term lender Tiuta is offering to refund valuation fees upon completion across its residential...

Ignore the cyberwar soothsayers

IT security fears are often overplayed, argues Paul Hunt, managing director of Phoebus Software There...

Savings window is shrinking rapidly: Santander

2011-02-07 08:47

Capital values provide a boost

The London market is giving reasons to be cheerful, argues Guy Garrard, head of...

Protected: Brits failing to deal with life’s priorities

or making sure your family is protected should something happen to you."""

AFI offers 6.19 two-year fix

2011-02-06 19:56

The Mortgage Works make BTL changes

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is withdrawing a number of buy-to-let products from its mortgage...

Mixed picture from latest debt statistics

135,089 people went into bankruptcy or entered into an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) or...

Concerns over lack of financial education

The ifs School of Finance has warned that the cuts to free nationwide debt...

Zurich sees small fall in CI claims in 2010

Zurich UK Life paid out £60.3 million in critical illness claims during 2010. The number...

CML backs Treasury Committee’s report on regulation

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the publication of the Treasury Committee's,...

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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...