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Uplift in commercial business

Mortgages for Business has reported that enquiries to its commercial mortgage packager arm increased...

Tiuta offers HMO product with Commercial Processing UK

Tiuta is offering a new facility for landlords and investors with Houses in Multiple...

Homeowners ill-prepared for redundancy

70% of homeowners would be able to survive for up to three months should...

Assurant Intermediary enhances IPOS portal

Assurant Intermediary has made further improvements to its online insurance quotation and application portal,IPOS,...

Businesses improving payment performance

August saw the biggest month-to-month improvement in the time it takes companies in the...

Remutualise the Rock: BSA

The Building Societies Association (BSA) says there a strong case for converting failed banks...

ARLA: rental market stabilising

Demand in the rental market has returned for the first time since the recession...

The Mansfield introduces new tracker

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a Bank of England Bank Rate (BBR) tracker...

OFT’s refusal of credit licence upheld on appeal

The Consumer Credit Appeal Tribunal has upheld the OFT's refusal to grant a credit...

COMMENT: Time to take off the rose-tinted glasses

Peter Beaumont, chief executive of Residential Property Solutions, wants intermediaries to capitalise on sale...

MIF: How to start charging fees, and the legal side of equity release

Derek McGuire looks at recent highlights from the Marketing Innovation Forum. &ltb&gtHow do I begin...

Borrowers continue faith in variable deals

41.9% of borrowers elected to take a fixed rate in August, the lowest number...

New trackers from Leeds

Leeds Building Society has brought out new two-year base rate tracker mortgages starting at...

Lenders in FSA breach with sale and rent back, Beaumont claims

Sale and rent back (SRB) provider Residential Property Solutions (RPS) believes that certain UK...

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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,...

Why we shouldn’t wait for the FCA to act on later life lending

It might feel odd to be talking about a new year, when we’re barely half-way through this one, but the recent FCA Discussion Paper...

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Bridging market held firm in Q2

The UK bridging finance market continued to show resilience in the second quarter of...

First-time buyer mortgage payments fall by £93 a month as affordability edges up

First-time buyer affordability is showing tentative signs of improvement with average monthly mortgage payments...

Access FS adds April Mortgages to lender panel

Access Financial Services has added April Mortgages to its lender panel, giving brokers access...

Shorter fixes on the rise as borrowers turn away from long-term commitments

UK mortgage borrowers are increasingly favouring short-term flexibility over long-term certainty, according to the...