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The Newcastle to quit equity release

Newcastle Building Society is the latest lender to announce its intention to withdraw from...

August lending down 37% year-on-year

Gross mortgage lending totalled an estimated £12.6 billion in August, according to the Council...

COMMENT: live for today

Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans, offers some wise words for the...

Coreco partners with London estate agency

London estate agent Douglas & Gordon, has embarked upon a new partnership with Coreco,...

OPINION: you get what you pay for

Beware 'cheap as chips' conveyancing, warns Harpal Singh, managing director of Conveyancing Alliance Ltd. Lately...

ADVICE: understand B&C add-ons

Take time to understand B&C add-ons, advises Kevin Paterson of Assurant Intermediary Additional covers -...

Leadbay gets summer customer boost

Lead distributor Leadbay has reported almost 120,000 new people look for advice on mortgages,...

MIF: CRM systems/buying leads from match.com?

Derek McGuire, director of the Marketing Innovation Forum, summarises some the recent discussions on...

Insurance firm seeks overseas broker network

Barbon Insurance Group's property and commercial division is targeting overseas brokers to provide local...

Lenders’ service and practices cause rise in broker anger

Sesame has reported a rise of 64% in the number of adviser complaints about...

Forum looks to Farr for compliance advice

Richard Farr has become the Marketing Innovation Forum's compliance 'guru'. Until 2008 Farr was director...

Crown group secures recapitalisation

Crown Mortgage Management and Forum Partners have agreed a recapitalisation of the servicing operations...

ifs School of Finance to host RDR adviser event

The ifs School of Finance is to hold a number of Retail Distribution Review...

Orbiter offers new set of free tools to broker market

Orbiter is now providing free of charge, online sourcing, compliance tools and product management...

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Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

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Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...

International demand for UK property investment ‘more diverse than expected’

The UK property market is attracting investment from a much broader range of international...