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SHIP gets backing over benefits campaign

The Personal Finance Society (PFS), the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) and the...

Absolute appoints associate director in Scotland

Specialist business financier Absolute Invoice Finance has appointed Robert Muir as associate director to...

MI Holdings unveils exclusive Furness tracker

Mortgage Intelligence Holdings is offering an exclusive 3.39% two-year tracker with an "enhanced procuration...

Countrywide offers HIP refunds

Countrywide says it will reimburse all clients, upon completion, for HIP orders that have...

HIPs scrapped but FTB stamp duty moves fall short

The new government has suspended Home Information Packs (HIPs) with immediate effect. However, the energy...

Recognise intermediaries’ value: AMI

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) wants the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), FSA...

ARLA announces new president

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) has appointed a new president, Sue Hughes-Thomas....

Landlords positive about the future

Landlord optimism is at its highest since 2007 but remains fragile, according to the...

AEGON launches customer protection claims website

AEGON has launched a new website and guide, aimed at customers to help them...

New president for NAEA

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has announced the appointment of Michael Jones...

Construction recovery hampered by lack of development finance

5% more chartered surveyors reported rising rather than falling workloads for the first quarter...

Inflation hitting pensioner income

Rising prices are taking a 3.55% slice out of pensioner income with pensioner couples...

Landlords need help over unlawful evictions

A law firm is advising landlords to get the correct legal advice to avoid...

Late rate decision saw MPC vote unanimously

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously in favour of maintaining...

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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...