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Bupa added to Paradigm’s protection panel

Paradigm Group has added Bupa Individual Protection to its Elite Protection Panel. The move allows...

Tiuta adds AToM to packaging panel

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has been appointed to the limited distribution packaging...

Aldermore added to Your Move and Reeds Rains’ panels

Aldermore has been appointed to the mortgage panel of the UK estate agencies Your...

21% rise in intermediary product numbers

Over 1,600 intermediary mortgage products were introduced during January 2011, a 21% increase in...

Sesame and Bankhall adopt ‘holistic’ approach

Sesame and Bankhall have launched 'Holistic Advice Forums' for advisers. The forums are being launched...

Winter woes for house sales

House sales in January were slower than expected, according to the latest Agency Express...

Nationwide to offer &quotfee friendly&quot deals across range

Nationwide has made a number of changes to its mortgage range. These include so-called "fee-friendly...

Norwich is Bridgewater’s next forum destination

Home reversion specialist Bridgewater Equity Release will hold its first regional broker forum for...

TMW to allow 20% capital repayments

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is withdrawing its current range on 3 February and replacing...

Bill Warren teams up with Home Buyer Systems

Home Buyer Systems has joined forces with Bill Warren Compliance LLP to provide a...

Link Loans’ new 7.9% secured loan heralded by brokers

Brokers have welcomed Link Loans' new Platinum product. The secured loan is available at 7.9%...

Paradigm launches savings initiative

Paradigm Group has launched 'Paradigm Savings', an initiative developed to help intermediaries become more...

Paragon targets smaller scale landlords with new products

Paragon Mortgages has launched a number of fixed and tracker rate products in its...

Nationwide creates 150 jobs following L&G deal

Nationwide Building Society has agreed a deal with Legal & General to provide 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...