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Insolvency Service warning over hidden assets

A rise in potential bankrupts trying to put their assets out of the reach...

SpicerHaart again rapped by ASA

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has once again ruled against an advert from the...

FTB slump continues

First-time buyers made up the lowest proportion of house purchase loans since September 2007,...

CAB warns of bogus loan firms

Citizens Advice is warning people to beware of companies offering fake loans for a...

Significant numbers in debt consider loan sharks

Insolvency trade body R3 has claimed that as many as 67,000, or 7% of...

COMMENT: equity release fee models

There are many questions to ask about equity release advice, says Peter Welch, head...

OFT makes high-cost credit recommendations

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published the final report of its review...

HML appoints client relations chief

HML has appointed James Parker as its director of client relations. Parker, who has been...

Potential FTBs better off buying, says Santander

New research from Santander Mortgages suggests that the vast majority of potential first-time buyers...

HIPs decision boosts supply: RICS

House prices rose slightly in May, but the Government's decision to abolish HIPs has...

RBS customer charter welcomed

NatWest and RBS have launched a Customer Charter, which is claims has been created...

Dead end for DND as permissions revoked

David Neil Dodds, trading as DND Mortgages, has had his permissions to carry out...

Average mortgage rate lowest level since December: Countrywide

The average interest rate of Countrywide's top 10 most popular mortgages in May fell...

May’s advice interest &quotvery encouraging&quot

May witnessed the largest upswing in consumers looking for purchase mortgage advice in 2010...

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Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

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...

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Generation X faces retirement squeeze with smaller pensions than parents

Generation X risks becoming the first cohort to retire with less financial security than...

Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

United Trust Bank has unveiled a package of bridging loan changes aimed at making...