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All in Property moves into N. Ireland

Independent contractor firm All in Property is to move into Northern Ireland with the...

Platform reveals new BTL offering

Platform has unveiled a new buy-to-let product range. The Co-operative Bank's dedicated intermediary mortgage lender...

Public largely ignorant of shared ownership options

The Halifax has claimed that many homebuyers are in the dark as to the...

Lloyds shuts Black Horse loan business

Lloyds Banking Group is shedding a further 420 jobs from its loan business Black...

Pain for Tooth Fairy as OFT takes action

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has moved to address unsatisfactory business practices of...

Acquisition number six in 2010 for Perspective

Perspective Financial Group has made its 18th acquisition - Applewood Wealth Management. The acquisition of...

NatWest wins sales team award

NatWest Intermediary Solutions won the title of Best Overall Sales Team Award at the...

Banks need improved ethical policies say Brits

Almost three-quarters of Britons want banks to improve their ethical polices, according to a...

Big rise in Investec’s large mortgage lending

Investec Specialist Private Bank has seen a 46% increase in the number of mortgage...

New P2P lender pleased with first month’s activity

New peer-to-peer lending site RateSetter.com has lent £612,984 since its launch on 7 October....

Former MPC member joins the Yorkshire board

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Kate Barker, former member of the Monetary Policy Committee...

Average 95% LTVs have increased this year

Moneysupermarket.com has reported that there has been a 22% increase in the number of...

Paradigm to run MMR workshops

Mortgage partnership proposition Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the first in a series of...

Brokers support CML’s interest-only stance

TMA's October Distribution Indicator shows brokers back the Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) position...

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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...

Future-proofing your lead generation

Leads are the lifeblood of any mortgage intermediary business, and while word-of-mouth referrals remain the gold standard - bringing trust and proof of quality...

We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

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Shawbrook partners with Eligible to streamline mortgage retention

Shawbrook Bank has joined forces with customer engagement platform Eligible in a move designed...

Three lender behemoths pledge support for Christmas Charity Concert

Sponsorship packages for the Take Me Home Charity gig being held on November 26th...

Landlords turn to remortgaging as demand for property improvements rises

The number of landlords remortgaging to release funds for property improvements has surged over...

Finova names new chief technology officer to lead innovation drive

Finova, the mortgage and savings software provider, has appointed David Espley as chief technology...