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Confidence returns to B2L sector

81% of landlords surveyed by CHL Mortgages are positive about the future for buy-to-let...

HMRC wants The Mortgage Times wound up

HM Revenue and Customs is seeking to wind up the Mortgage Times Group. A Petition...

SVRs on the rise

Since April 2009 the Bank of England has kept base rate on hold at...

Ops director appointed at Gateway

National surveying firm Gateway has appointed Pete Hughes to the position of operations director. He...

Regulator takes action over directors’ statements

The FSA has begun criminal proceedings against four former directors of iSOFT Group Plc...

£30k is average owed by every UK adult

Credit Action has reported that total UK personal debt at the end of November...

New face at TMA

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has announced the appointment of Jaime Harris as a London-based...

Nationwide sees confidence falling

The Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index recorded a five point decrease in December to 69...

Scottish firm joins equity release body

The Equity Release Solicitors' Alliance (ERSA) has signed up new Scottish member, Caesar &...

Santander quashes Spanish ATM charges for UK customers

All 4,300 Santander ATMs in Spain are to be free for Santander UK Bank...

Mortgage Brain partners with secured loan broker

Fluent Money has undertaken a five-year partnership with Mortgage Brain. The Bolton-based business is the...

FSA gets new senior adviser

The FSA has announced the appointment of Julian Edwards to the role of consumer...

Advisers: don’t forget the tax deadline

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is issuing a reminder to anyone who hasn't yet...

Protected: Market optimism back to pre-crunch levels

we could see a welcome boost to the recovery of the housing market."""

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Hope Capital targets refurb market with high-LTV bridging product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan product offering 75% net initial advance. It...

Savvy summer sellers deliver strongest July sales since 2020

July delivered the highest number of sales agreed for this month since 2020 as...

Newcastle for Intermediaries removes age cap on standard repayment mortgages

Newcastle for Intermediaries has abolished the maximum age limit for the repayment of standard...

Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...