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First direct sponsors key Grand Designs Live features

First direct will sponsor this year's GRAND VILLAGE and GRAND Seminar Theatre at the...

Zurich publishes protection guides for brokers

Zurich UK Life has produced a new guide to support advisers through the advice...

New Consumer Financial Education Body chief appointed

The FSA has announced the appointment of Tony Hobman as the chief executive of...

HBS outlines details for Referral Brain seminar

Home Buyer Systems has announced the first date and venue for its series of...

L&E unveils house purchase deposit insurance

London & European has launched Deposit Cover, a deposit guarantee insurance policy designed to...

Steady growth for LeadPoint

Lead exchange marketplace LeadPoint has reported record figures for the first quarter of 2010. Comparing...

LV= outlines equity release roadshow programme

LV= has announced a new round of equity release roadshows for financial advisers, following...

Vikings benefit from the Leeds’ generosity

Leeds Building Society has donated £10,520 to Doncaster Rovers Football Club. The mutual presented the...

Mortgage Intelligence brands access Towergate Home & Protect

Towergate has been added to Mortgage Intelligence Holdings' insurance panel, so all members of...

Tenant demand remains strong

12% of landlords are planing to purchase investment property in Q2, according to Paragon's...

Spectre of hung parliament hitting overseas property owners

85% of overseas property owners say the cost of maintaining their property has gone...

Seasonally adjusted fall in house prices: DCLG

UK house prices in February were 7.4% higher than in February 2009 and 0.1%...

Jon Moulton invests in Largemortgageloans.com

Three UK-based entrepreneurs, including high profile private equity boss Jon Mouton, have invested in...

Fines and bans for ex-Rock deputy chief exec and credit director

The FSA has fined David Baker, former deputy chief executive of Northern Rock Plc...

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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...