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Deposit protection needed after 1 October

Landlords with tenancies up to £100,000 a year have been warned they will automatically...

OFT makes further senior appointments

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has completed the line-up of its senior management...

We’re the leading direct lender: HSBC

HSBC has claimed to be the UK's largest lender of mortgages sold directly to...

Plaistow broker &quotnot fit and proper&quot

Chioma Skilling trading as Chioma Mortgages, from Plaistow in east London, has had their...

Landlord regulation failing tenants: ARLA

The government's regulation of landlords is leaving tenants exposed across the UK, according to...

Barclays reduces most popular rates

Barclays has cut mortgage rates by up to 0.34 percentage points. Barclays lowest tracker rate...

UK and US regulators agree framework

The FSA and the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have entered into a...

Government ‘solutions’ aren’t always the answer

Lender forbearance can only go so far, argues Pete Thomson, managing director of Residential...

25% of enquires are complex prime: TMA

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has reported a month-on-month rise in so-called 'complex prime' enquiries...

Professional advice needs defending

We need to promote the value of advice, says Phil Whitehouse, head of The...

Home & Legacy secures insurance deal with Lloyds

Home & Legacy has agreed with Lloyds TSB Insurance Services Ltd to provide personal...

TBMC revamps website and branding

Buy-to-let and commercial mortgage firm TBMC has revealed its new logo, branding and website....

Paymentshield removes excess

Paymentshield has removed the compulsory excess for accidental damage on its home insurance product...

Financial education chairman revealed

The FSA has announced the appointment of Gerard Lemos as the chairman of the...

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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...

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...

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Prime London property prices record sharpest fall since 2019

Prime Central London property values slipped again in August, falling by 0.1%, with prices...

Fight or flight: £40k hit to house prices near Gatwick

House prices in parts of Surrey and West Sussex could fall by up to...

LiveMore appoints key account manager for the North

LiveMore, the later life mortgage lender, has appointed Phil Beswick as key account manager...

OneDome unveils broker network focused on growth and technology

OneDome has launched a new broker network, OneDome Growth Partners, aimed at supporting mortgage...