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New landlord insurance product launched

Lettings insurance firm HomeLet has developed a new insurance product called Landlord's Insurance+. It includes...

MBS mainstream and B2L deals available to Pink ARs

Pink Group has added Manchester Building Society (MBS) to its lender panel. It means the...

Major mutual merger mooted

The Boards of Yorkshire Building Society and Chelsea Building Society are in advanced merger...

Xit2 joins CML as associate member

Xit2 has joined the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) as an associate member. This...

Enterprise Group in administration

Enterprise Group has been placed into administration. Nick O' Reilly of Vantis Corporate Advisers has...

TMA joins TCF forum

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has become the first intermediary organisation to become an associate...

Connells breaks 150k EPC barrier

Connells Survey & Valuation has delivered its 150,000th Energy Performance Certificate. It has taken under...

eGateway partners with LeadPoint

eGateway members now have access to mortgage leads from LeadPoint at special rates. eGateway members...

ADVICE: getting your GI marketing on target

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director at Assurant Intermediary, looks at the importance of...

COMMENT: Where now for non-conforming borrowers?

Guy Garrard, head of business development at Tiuta, is concerned that non-standard would-be borrowers...

AIFA wants savings culture to return

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has called on the government to make...

Home equals pension to baby boomers

New research by LV= indicates that 1.3 million over-50s still plan to cash in...

House prices rising &quotmoderately&quot: Nationwide

House prices rose by 0.5% in November, the same rate as in October, according...

Two promotions at the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has made two key appointments. Firstly, Paul Riley has been appointed as...

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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...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Most Premier League areas enjoy mortgage relief – but four buck the trend

Falling mortgage rates have brought relief to homeowners and buyers in almost every Premier...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank expand criteria and boost approval rates

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank have unveiled a series of lending changes aimed at...

Barclays lowers fixed mortgage rates across residential range

Barclays is cutting mortgage rates across its residential range from tomorrow, with reductions of...

Precise marks first anniversary of broker app

Precise, part of the OSB Group, is celebrating the first anniversary of its broker...