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Three distributors for Tiuta’s Bridge to Let

Savills Lending Solutions (SLS), Manor Mortgages and Pavilion Securities have been selected and the...

House prices fall 0.4%: Halifax

House prices fell by a further 0.4% in May, after the 0.1% fall in...

Regulator to emphasise ‘ethical’ behaviour

The FSA has published proposals to strengthen its requirements on competence for individuals carrying...

Mortgage broker banned for lying to the FSA

The FSA has banned sole trader Joseph Masi, trading as Swindon-based Select Mortgage Services,...

Possible Cattles deal only offer 1p per share

Embattled doorstep lender Cattles Plc has told shareholders that an offer could be made...

ERSA gets eighth member

Gordon Brown Associates has become the latest member of the Equity Release Solicitors' Alliance...

AIFA welcomes FSA’s trail commission clarification

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has welcomed the clarification from the FSA...

L&G offers exclusive tracker

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a new two-year tracker product for remortgagers,...

3,000 more intermediary products available than 12 months ago

The number of mortgage schemes available to intermediaries has climbed to its highest level...

MI Holdings to distribute Precise BTL deals

Mortgage Intelligence and Mortgage Next Network appointed representatives have been chosen to receive access...

Northern Rock cuts Everyday rates

Northern Rock has reduced selected products within its Everyday range of residential mortgages. The two-year...

PTFS adds Assurant to landlord insurance panel

Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has added Assurant Intermediary to its Landlord Property Insurance...

Royal London appointment to expand distribution base

Royal London has appointed Simon Cocker as head of new markets for its national...

Deposit-raising still toughest task for FTBs

The biggest obstacle facing first-time buyers is still raising the requite money for a...

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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...