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OFT joins anti-loan shark campaign

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is joining a campaign which warn people of...

L&G appointed to Pink/BDS GI panel

Legal & General has been appointed to the insurer panel at Pink Home Loans...

SimplyBiz Mortgages in arrangement with debt solutions firm

SimplyBiz Mortgages has teamed up with Invocas Financial, a debt solutions firm. Invocas Financial offers...

The rise and rise of the five-year fix

The availability of five year fixed rate mortgages has increased despite the total number...

Kensington added to Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage partnership proposition, has added Kensington and its entire range...

Report recognises pluses of conveyancing referral arrangements

Independent research study undertaken on behalf of the Legal Services Board suggest that conveyancing...

Exact launches buy-to-let lender

Exact Mortgage Experts key personnel have launched a new buy-to-let lender called Precise Mortgages. This...

Free Adviser Office roadshows announced

1st Exchange has announced details of its annual Adviser Office (AO) free training roadshows,...

Leadbay joins forces with All About Group

Leadbay's parent company Add Momentum Holdings has joined up with the All About Group. The...

Any register must be industry-wide: AMI

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has published its response to the FSA consultation...

L&G boosts critical illness proposition

Legal & General is improving its critical illness product, now incorporating wider definitions for...

CML calls for coalition to address funding gap

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has reported that gross mortgage lending fell to an...

SimplyBiz Mortgages MD to retire

SimplyBiz has announced the retirement of its commercial director Philip Holroyd, who is also...

Recession forcing innovation and entrepreneurialism

The Great British Business report from HSBC Commercial Banking and trends researchers The Next...

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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...