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TBMC offers lease extension facility for brokers

TBMC has introduced a new lease extension service for intermediaries. It is accessed via its...

Banks grow share of mortgage lending

Annual growth of the banks' net mortgage lending was 1.7% in July, remaining ahead...

Conveyancing Quality Scheme hits 500 mark

Todmans SRE in Rayleigh, Essex has become the 500th law firm in England and...

OFT warning sounded over loan scams

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is warning people to steer clear of scam...

L&G receives training accreditation for network

Legal & General network has received accreditation from the National Skills Academy for Financial...

Scottish Provident paid out 91% of CI claims

Scottish Provident paid out almost £47 million to its critical illness policy holders during...

Overseas opportunities

How easy is it to secure finance in foreign climes? Clare Nessling, operations director...

N&P members give green light to YBS merger

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society's (N&P's) saving and borrowing members have voted in favour...

Firms more confident about own future than UK economy

Only 23% of companies feel positive about the current UK economy, with 66% of...

Link Loans acquired by WLB

Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank has announced the acquisition of Link Loans. The bank itself was acquired...

New POS system from Stonebridge Group

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has unveiled a new point-of-sale (POS) solution which...

Greater reliance than ever on PRS

Paragon has welcomed figures from by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG)...

LV= adds flexibility to equity release range

LV= has launched a new, 'flexible' lending policy for its equity release products. The Retirement...

Beware criteria creep

We need a stress-tested market, warns Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans Concentrating...
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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...
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Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...
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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...
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Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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