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LloydsTSB offers mortgage rate discount for current account holders

LloydsTSB is offering its current account customers a 0.2% reduction on its mortgage interest...

L&E unveils will referral service

London & European has launched Complete Wills, a will writing facility provided by solicitors...

FSA to investigate Goldman Sachs

The FSA has embarked upon a formal enforcement investigation into Goldman Sachs following preliminary...

Grant Thornton joins CML

Grant Thornton UK LLP has joined the Council of Mortgage Lenders as an associate...

Inflation hits 3.4%

Consumer price inflation (CPI) has risen to 3.4% in March from 3% in February,...

L&G launches exclusive fix with no credit scoring

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched an exclusive two-year fixed rate mortgage at...

Profit bounce for Callcredit

Profits grew by 54% at Callcredit Information Group during 2009, as the business posted...

Debts being repaid, not consolidated

Sainsbury's Finance research suggest that debt consolidation is now a much less significant reason...

AIFA calls for fairer FSA costs

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has called for the FSA to radically...

New director at Perspective Financial Group

Perspective Financial Group Ltd, the consolidation vehicle for IFA firms, has appointed Ian Wilkinson...

Xit2 launches asset management service

and demonstrate an auditable trail of activity and communication that has TCF and third party oversight at the heart of its design.""

Over 75% LTV and pay &quotsubstantially&quot more: Defaqto

Borrowers with small deposits are paying substantially more for mortgages according to latest figures...

24% rise in gross mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending was an estimated £11.5 billion in March, a 24% rise from...

Three top reasons for equity release revealed

In 2009 almost 30% of all Bridgewater Equity Release's customers were planning to use...

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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...