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Sale now on at HSBC

HSBC has published details of its sixth annual sale, which is live online and...

New face at PPR

Property Portfolio Rescue has appointed Adam Bitel as acquisitions manager. Bitel will be responsible for...

Legal & General unveils lifetime tracker with ITL Mortgages

Legal & General Mortgage Club is offering an exclusive lifetime tracker mortgage at Bank...

Property crash puts off renters from buying

31% of renters claim that renting gives them more freedom than those who own...

Plastic spending up 2.4% over holiday period

Shoppers spent more on debit and credit cards from 19 December to 31 December...

OPINION: Back to growth in 2010

How did we get through 2009, asks Dean Jones, head of paaleads.com As we start...

Bridgewater kicks off forum programme

Bridgewater Equity Release, the home reversion provider, is beginning its year of regional Broker...

Average house price in England and Wales now £161,554

The November data from Land Registry's flagship House Price Index shows a positive monthly...

Call to investigate fairness of credit market

The Treasury Committee has published a Report, Credit Searches, which calls on the Office...

Government looks to ban logbook loans

Consumer Minister reveals plans to ban Bills of sale lending The Consumer Minister Kevin Brennan...

Yorkshire helps FTBs with Stamp Duty changes

Yorkshire Building Society has increased the cashback on its first time buyer mortgages to...

OFT drops legal challenge to bank charges

Following the Supreme Court's judgment last month, the OFT is not to take further...

Country folk nonchalant about burglary

Millions of countryside dwellers are not taking adequate steps to protect their homes, according...

Dragon’s scheme goes live in East Anglia

An East Anglia estate agency has become the first to go live with 'Dragon'...

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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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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...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...