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GMAC exits European mortgage market

GMAC Financial Services has announced that its mortgage subsidiary, Residential Capital, LLC (ResCap), has...

Slight recovery after weak January

The number of loans advanced for house purchase increased by 12% in February, according...

Legal & General to pilot ING Direct mortgages

Legal & General's mortgage network is to embark upon a pilot with ING Direct...

HL Interactive Solicitors partners with Charlbury Group

Manchester based specialist law firm HL Interactive has integrated with The Arrears Management System...

Labour wants the Rock back as a mutual

The Labour Party has pledged to push for the remutualisation of Northern Rock. In its...

Debt management firm wants DMP openness

Blu Debt Management is calling on debt management companies to be open about the...

AIFX teams up with Bucks university

AIFX, the subscription-based FOREX trading training provider, has unveiled a formal strategic partnership with...

ANALYSIS: what is home reversion used for?

Debt consolidation is the top reason for home reversion, explains Peter Welch, head of...

OPINION: volatility is the name of the game

The heart's still beating, if not thumping, argues Dean Jones, head of paaleads.com The MPC's...

The Coventry joins AMI

Coventry Building Society and its specialist brand Godiva Mortgages have joined the Association of...

AIFA offering diploma for RDR

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has unveiled plans to help advisers meet...

Kensington hit by £1.225m FSA fine

Kensington Mortgage Company has been fined £1.225 million by the FSA for unfair treatment...

Broker fined £103k and banned for mortgage fraud

The FSA has fined mortgage broker Gary Lester £103,000 for knowingly submitting 42 mortgage...

SMEs not seeing trading improvement

71% of SMEs have seen little or no improvement in the trading environment compared...

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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...