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AMI supportive of FSA plans for mortgage market

The recent speech by Lesley Titcomb of the FSA at a Council of Mortgage...

UK households worried by ’emergency Budget’

June's Markit/YouGov Household Finance Index (HFI) has reported frayed consumer confidence in the run...

3mc to distribute Aldermore Commercial products

3mc has added Aldermore Commercial Mortgages to its packaged panel of lenders. Doug Hall, managing...

Commercial property market would be hit by tax changes: BPF

Limiting the tax relief that debt attracts could have a disastrous impact on the...

New broker plugin from Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain is rolling out its Broker 2 Consumer mortgage search and enquire 'plug...

Broker in court over England dressing room intrusion

The man who entered the England dressing room after the dismal no-score draw against...

Lenders warned over extent of mortgage fraud

Solicitors and mortgage brokers are now the two professions at the forefront of fraud,...

Broker loses permissions over unpaid fees

The FSA has given Carmen Murphy, trading as CMP Independent Mortgage Advisers, final notice...

Precise chooses DPR origination platform

Precise Mortgages has become the latest lender to go live with DPR Consulting's mortgage...

NAEA calls on Osborne to take three pledges

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has urged George Osborne to use his...

Complete’s place on Intrinsic panel in doubt

The management of the Intrinsic network is reviewing the status of Complete Mortgage &...

Aviva appoints risk director

Dipak Warren is to join Aviva as corporate risk solutions director in September. She joins...

Cost of new regulation worries brokers

A potential increase in costs is the biggest concern facing brokers about the introduction...

7% rise in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending increased month-on-month by 7% in May, reaching an estimated £11.3 billion,...

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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’...