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HML appoints business development head

HML has appointed Kati Tyler to the position of director of business development. She takes...

AFB backs second charge regulation move

The Association of Finance Brokers (AFB) has welcomed the Treasury's announcement that the FSA...

HSBC unveils seven-year fix at 4.69%

HSBC has launched what it calls a range of "low rate"" fixed mortgages. It...

Mortgage approvals at lowest point since January 2009

There were 10% fewer loans approved last year than in 2009, according to the...

FSA to regulate secured loans

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban, has announced a package of measures...

Fall in equity release advances

Equity release advances fell by 8% in the final quarter of 2010 after a...

Retirees still have credit card debts

21% of people retiring this year will still have debts when they stop work,...

Key appointment for bridging specialist

Jon Buckley has joined Bridging Finance Limited as its new corporate development manager. He has...

FSA bans five mortgage intermediaries

The FSA has banned five mortgage intermediaries as well as fining one of them...

Discussion started over regulator’s interventionist role

The FSA has launched a discussion paper to open a public debate about how...

FSA confirms Kent Reliance transfer of business

The FSA has confirmed the transfer of the business of Kent Reliance Building Society...

PPI judicial review slammed as delaying tactic

The Financial Services Consumer Panel has condemned the actions of many high street banks...

LV= extends IP discount offer

LV= is extending its offer of a 5% discount on its income protection product...

Week left for £10 mydeposits’ offer

The mydeposits.co.uk £10 winter sale offer is set to finish at the end of...

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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...

Selling isn’t shouting

In many industries, sales still carries the weight of old stereotypes: high pressure, slick scripts and a focus on numbers over nuance. But these...

When service beats software: why hands-on support is the real differentiator in conveyancing

For all the talk about technology reshaping the mortgage and conveyancing world, advisers know that what you often need is some good, old-fashioned support. Not...

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Carter Jonas warns housing reforms ‘far from sufficient’ to tackle crisis

The government must go further than its initial wave of planning reforms if it...

South London dominates list of most popular London boroughs for buyers and renters

South London has emerged as the capital’s most sought-after area for both buyers and...

Household incomes fall nearly 9% in three years as tax and inflation bite

Households are nearly 9% worse off than they were before the pandemic, according to...

Millions of adults trapped at home as 98% priced out of first homes

Almost five million adults in Britain are unable to move out of their parents’...