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FTB crisis not alleviated by interest rate environment

Spicerhaart says that lower interest rates are actually doing little to address the first-time...

YBS 10-yr fix now 4.99%

Yorkshire Building Society has cut 0.30% off its 10-year fixed rate mortgage deal for...

Paymentshield extends price match offer

our standard BestQuote pricing is already lower than the price the customer is currently paying elsewhere.""

HBS brings out ‘Best Buy’ website tool

2010/06/10 15:10

BTL business via brokers in the doldrums

The proportion of buy-to-let remortgage business being handled by brokers fell to its lowest...

Masthaven appoints new sales and marketing director

Bridging finance lender Masthaven has promoted Richard Deacon from the role national business development...

Platform unveils joint applicant-only product

Platform has launched a product solely for joint applicants. The two-year fixed product comes with...

No surprises as Bank Rate held

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to keep the bank...

FTBs’ spending habits analysed

2010/06/10 09:08

KRS reveals pensioner winners and losers

Retired homeowners have total property wealth owned outright of up to £767.06 billion, according...

Property firm shut down by High Court

A property management company has been wound up in the public interest by the...

Bovis in FTB initiative with Barclays and JLT

Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has unveiled a new scheme to provide increased mortgage lending...

NLA offers Clydesdale exclusive BTL deal

NLA Mortgages, the free online comparison and quotation system, has announced it has access,...

FSA takes action over insurance brokers’ client protection failures

The FSA has taken action against two insurance brokers - Delwyn Way of Shield...

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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...