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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...

Online debt help most popular with the under 40s

Online help for debt problems is most popular with young adults according to debt...

COMMENT: Don’t ban non-income verified mortgages

There is still a place for self-certification in the mortgage market, argues Guy Garrard,...

Principality sees boost in mortgage application levels

The Principality building socieity has reported a 187% increase in the number of borrowers...

HL Partnership offers Abbey semi-exclusives

Mortgage network HL Partnership is offering its members two Abbey semi exclusives for purchase...

Record levels for London house prices

The average price of a house in London reached £376,605, according to the last...

Godiva cuts BTL tracker rate

Godiva Mortgages has reduced the pay rate on its two-year buy-to-let base rate tracker...

New non-exec for Royal London

Royal London, the UK's largest mutual life and pensions company, has announced that Duncan...

Alarming rise in identity fraud

Identity fraud victims are increasingly being targeted at their current address, according to CIFAS. CIFAS,...

AEGON unveils adviser podcasts

AEGON has produced a series of short audio podcasts, exploring the current challenges faced...

Landlord Centre launched by TBMC

Landlord Centre, a specialist online buy-to-let mortgage service which enables residential property investors and...

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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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Budget jitters chill demand for £500,000-plus homes

The UK housing market is showing signs of strain at the top end as...

Labour’s housing target in doubt after embarrassing interview

Housing Secretary Steve Reed was left floundering when pressed on how many homes Labour...

Mortgage sector faces persistent mental health challenge

The mental health of mortgage industry professionals remains a significant concern according to new...

One in 10 homes still fail standards as Awaab’s Law looms

Almost 430,000 social rented homes in England are failing to meet minimum quality requirements,...