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Location still matters

Despite technological advances, location is still important, writes Paul Hunt, managing director of Phoebus...

Expectations for buy-to-let in 2011

Nigel Terrington, chief executive of buy-to-let lender Paragon Group, looks at the prospects for...

Mydeposits.co.uk passes important milestone

Tenancy deposit scheme mydeposits.co.uk has passed the one millionth deposit mark. The deposit protection was...

No cheer from seasonal lending figures

Gross mortgage lending in November was 5% down on October's figure at an estimated...

How rosy is the remortgage recovery?

From some of the coverage being lavished on it recently, it appears that the...

Search firm’s registration suspended by PCCB

The Property Codes Compliance Board (PCCB) has suspended the registration of Ms K &...

Deposit guarantee limit to rise to £85k

The FSA says the new deposit compensation limit for the United Kingdom will rise...

New bonus rules would make large mortgages hard to get

32% of IFAs say that their clients are expecting at least half of their...

OFT takes action against payday lender

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has imposed requirements on payday lender Safeloans Limited,...

FSA changes Remuneration Code

The FSA has published a revised Remuneration Code to take into account changes required...

Confidence of London buyers on the wane?

The average LTV on London purchase mortgage applications in November was 63.7%, down from...

Rents end the year on a high

Rents rose for the 10th consecutive month, according to the latest Buy-to-Let Index from...

AFB could be shut down or merged with AMI

The director of the Association of Finance Brokers (AFB) says it's not inconceivable the...

Fixed rates continue rise in popularity

The percentage of people choosing fixed rate over variable rate mortgages (purchase and remortgage)...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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