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Network strikes pension advice deal

MD Pensions is to provide advice to clients of the 190 AR firms with...

Unenforceable claim failures fuelling debt management enquiries

Blu Debt Management has reported a noticeable increase in the number of mortgage brokers...

LeadPoint in top 20 growing digital media firms

LeadPoint has been named as the 17th fastest growing digital media company in Europe. GP...

Platform offers four-year fixed rates

Platform has launched a new mortgage, fixed until the next World Cup begins in...

Unsold stock threatening house prices: Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that there was a modest increase in new sellers' average asking...

Commercial insurance targeted by price comparison sites

A report by independent financial research company Defaqto indicates that 65% of the top...

Link chooses Target’s new servicing platform

Link Loans has become the first firm to sign up to Target's Lender Launchpad,...

New sales chief for xit2

Tim Jones has been appointed as head of sales for xit2, the online property...

Red Letter offer from TMA

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has teamed up with Halifax Intermediaries to offer directly authorised...

Brokers need more support to capitalise on BTL

52% of mortgage brokers expect to do more buy-to-let business in 2010 than they...

OPINION: Post election blues… with yellows?

Now we have a government, it's time to contact your clients, argues Peter Welch,...

Kensington moves into buy-to-let

Kensington has launched a range of buy-to-let products aimed at existing landlords looking to...

OPINION: work smart and stick to what you know

Outsourcing can play a key role in your business, argues Jason Berry from Safe&Secure In...

Westinsure offers Home & Legacy insurance deals

Home & Legacy has agreed a deal with Westinsure Group to provide additional mid...

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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...