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Cattles’ auditor quits

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has resigned as the auditor of Cattles plc. The embattled lender has announced...

New asset management firm launches

A new independent asset management company called Asset 1st has launched, to provide specialist...

Haart advert banned

Haart Estate Agents have been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ensure...

Social media to boost advisers’ businesses in 2010?

Advisers are very optimistic about their business growth prospects in 2010, according to paaleads.com. In...

TrigoldCrystal launches equity release system

The TrigoldCrystal equity release system is now live. It enables intermediaries to source and select...

Fixed rates continue to fall

Mortgage lenders have continued to cut fixed rates, causing the average two year fixed...

EU implications for claims ruling?

A financial claims firm claims to have has won the first ever consumer credit...

£1.25m bridge completed in three days

Short term specialist lender Cheval has revealed that it has completed a £1.25 million...

FSA publishes feedback statement on remuneration

The FSA has published the summarised feedback it received on whether to extend its...

Mutuals strong on best-buys

Building societies still offer 40% of all best-buy mortgage deals according to analysis from...

TFC unveils sale and rent back panel

The Finance Centre (TFC) has launched what it claims to be the first ever...

Connells wins Home & Capital Trust business

Connells Survey & Valuation has been appointed as Home & Capital Trust Ltd's exclusive...

L&G ARs get access to OLP Connect

Legal & General is now giving advisers in its mortgage network, Legal & General...

Fifth consecutive month of house price rises

Prices increased for the fifth consecutive month in November, rising by 1.4% according to...

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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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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...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...