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V Loans offers new secured loan product

Secured loans packager V Loans says it is one of a select few to...

AMI calls for Stamp Duty action in Pre-Budget Report

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) says the government must, as a matter of...

House prices rise in October, says Land Registry

The October data from Land Registry's House Price Index shows a positive monthly house...

Green Day in Leeds

Leeds Building Society is holding a green day today to raise awareness of its...

New range at the Coventry

Coventry Building Society's new mortgage range sees rates lowered by up to 0.66%. The...

TMA links with overseas property specialist

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has teamed up with The Resort Group to provide directly...

B2L remortgaging at two-year low

The proportion of landlords remortgaging their investment properties has fallen to its lowest level...

Openwork adds LV= to protection panel

Protection provider LV= is now distributing its Mortgage and Lifestyle Protection plan through Openwork. Mortgage...

Regulator appoints advisers from business

The FSA has appointed five new senior advisers who will assist the FSA in...

New IMLA board looks at restoring liquidity

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has outlined its new board of directors and...

Deposit protection price war imminent?

One of the three tenancy deposit scheme providers has predicted a price war. Mydeposits.co.uk believes...

Networks in talks over FOREX service

Archangel Intermediaries, the new adviser-focused service company, says it is in talks with a...

Govt wants FSA regulation of B2L and seconds

The Government is proposing the expansion of the FSA's remit to include the regulation...

Patellis takes over at top of Tiuta

George Patellis has taken over from Gary Booth as CEO of specialist lender Tiuta...

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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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Bellway renews call for Help to Buy as housing recovery stalls

Housebuilder Bellway says the UK housing market recovery has “stalled” over summer, renewing its...

34 organisations back plan to accelerate green mortgage lending

Decarbonising Britain’s homes is one of the most complex and expensive challenges of the...

The West Brom raises income multiples to help buyers with smaller deposits

West Brom Building Society has eased its mortgage lending rules in a bid to...

Brokers warn of rising underinsurance as premiums outpace protection

A growing number of brokers fear that more households are falling into underinsurance as...