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Clydesdale Bank rebuffs Consumer Focus criticism

Consumer Focus has called on Clydesdale Bank to cover the cost of mortgage errors...

Lancashire Mortgage Corp added to Only Bridging panel

Only Bridging has added Lancashire Mortgage Corporation to its packaged panel. Lancashire Mortgage Corporation provides...

OFT receives ‘super complaint’ over credit and debt broker practices

Citizens Advice has filed a "super complaint"" with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Goldsmith expects squeeze in conveyancing sector

Goldsmith Williams has suggested that a 'perfect storm' brewing in the conveyancing sector could...

Act speedily for remortgage clients, brokers told

Paradigm Mortgage Services is urging brokers to act fast and contact possible remortgage clients. The...

Drawbridge adds Y3S to distributor panel

Y3S Group has become a partner distributor of bridging lender Drawbridge Finance. Matt Cottle ,...

Pink network members offered Precise near-prime deal

Pink Home Loans' appointed representatives (ARs) now have access to an exclusive near-prime residential...

Rents continue their rapid rise: RICS

Rents rose rapidly in the three months to the end of January 2010, according...

Borro unveils intermediary exclusive deal

Short-term finance provider borro.com has introduced a new intermediary exclusive product. It comes with what...

Sesame sole distributor of new Everyday fixes from Northern Rock

Northern Rock has launched a new range of Everyday fixed rate products for purchase...

Mortgageforce chooses new MortgageStream software

Mortgageforce has adopted MortgageStream's new version of its lead management, point of sale and...

Ingard agrees deal with Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has agreed a strategic alliance with Ingard Financial. Essex-based network Ingard's 90 advisers...

PMS partners with Promise Solutions

Mortgage club PMS has agreed a deal with Promise Solutions to offer advisers a...

Mortgage lending picks up at the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has posted reduced profit for 2010 but ended the...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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