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Fistful of rate cuts from first direct

First direct has reduced the rate on five of its most popular mortgage products...

Home & Capital bucks trend on home reversion

Home & Capital is increasing the rates on its home reversion plans. For example,...

OFT revokes licence from NE businessman

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has revoked the credit licence of Middlesbrough-based businessman...

World Cup stalls housing market

The World Cup helped stall the UK housing market in June according to the...

Bridgewater to hold more events

Bridgewater Equity Release has added two more dates in July to its timetable of...

O’Brien and Ahmed leave First Complete

Gerry O'Brien is to leave First Complete with immediate effect. O'Brien was the chief executive...

AfI unveils Grand Prix Podium Special

From Friday, Abbey for Intermediaries (AfI) is offering homeowners the chance to qualify for...

Greater London continues to top house price performance polls

The Nationwide has reported that the second quarter of 2010 saw continued house price...

Students warned over dodgy landlords

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and the National Union of Students (NUS) have warned...

Zurich provides adviser Budget guide

Zurich UK Life has launched a new guide for advisers to help them address...

Brokers &quotmore pessimistic&quot: L&G

Around a third of mortgage advisers think that business will be better over the...

Slowdown in house price inflation

The price of a typical UK property rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.1% month-on-month...

Pro version of Mortgage Finder for iPhone unveiled

Mortgage Finder PRO has now been released, building on the original iPhone application Mortgage...

May mortgage approvals just up on previous month

Total net lending to individuals rose by £1.5 billion in May, according to latest...

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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’...