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ANALYSIS: it’s all about controlled distribution

Controlled distribution is key in the modern mortgage market, argues Guy Garrard, head of...

Help for IFA firms looking to change business model

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA), in association with Legal & General, is...

HIP scrapping boosts Countrywide activity

The number of new properties coming onto the market rose by 34% following the...

Lenders susceptible to insider fraud

It has been claimed that insider frauds - crimes committed by members of staff...

FSA’s PPI move gets consumer backing

The Consumer Panel and Which? have welcomed the FSA's move to give some consumers...

£1,000 minimum FSA fee

The FSA's annual funding requirement for 2010/11 has been confirmed as £454.7 million, up...

PPI claimants given more time by regulator

The FSA has introduced a temporary rule to give customers who recently made a...

Absolute hires sales development director

Specialist business financier Absolute Invoice Finance has appointed Nick Smith as sales development director. Smith,...

Star Loans joins Commercial First initiative

Star Loans and Finance Limited has joined Commercial First Partners. Commercial First Partners (CFP) was...

New ‘mid-range’ deals from AfI

Abbey for intermediaries (AfI) is to launch a new range of 75% LTV, two-year...

Q1 2010 business better than 2009, brokers say

63% of mortgage brokers expect to do more mortgage business in the second half...

Payne calls for clarity over PPI recommendations

Specialist general insurance provider, Assurant Intermediary, has urged the Competition Commission to provide greater...

Affirmative pleased with results from forum participation

Affirmative Finance became the latest product provider to join the Homeloan Partnership (HLP) panel...

FLA looks to stave off new regulation

The Finance & Leasing Association is urging the government to consider latest moves by...
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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...
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Leasehold reforms stall as sector warns of ‘real-world consequences’

The government is under mounting pressure to accelerate leasehold reform as the body representing...
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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...
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UTB cuts bridging loan minimum and lowers regulated rates

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

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