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New chairman for the E-Homebuying Forum

Tom Parker, founder and former managing director of Quest, has joined the E-Homebuying Forum...

Scottish economy likely to slow down

The recovery in the Scottish economy is expected to slow at the end of...

Biggest boost for those with semis

Using its own house price data, Halifax has found that owners of detached properties...

Northern Rock reinstates £99 fee following delay

Northern Rockhas fully resolved the issues which caused the reduction in its mortgage application...

Valuation boost from increased remortgaging

August was the fourth consecutive month for annual growth in housing market activity, with...

Regulator cracks down on &quotirresponsible&quot brokers

The FSA has taken action against two mortgage brokers who allowed false and misleading...

A matter of life and death

The will-writing sector is at a crossroads, writes Eddie Goldsmith, senior partner at Goldsmith...

House prices fall for first time in 15 months: Hometrack

Demand for housing in July dropped by -1.3% triggering the first fall in prices...

Change of plan for RBS insurance divestment?

Royal Bank of Scotland is in the process of appointing advisers to review the...

Quiet revolution in leasing practices

Small businesses are increasingly signing shorter leases, with 81% on leases of five years...

Royal London boss to quit

Mike Yardley is to leave his role as group chief executive of Royal London. Yardley...

Savills shuts packaging subsidiary

Savills Lending Solutions (SLS) is to close, it was announced today. &lta href=&quothttps://mortgagesoup.co.uk/story.php?id=18931&quot&gtAll staff were...

Tenet claims above average pass rates

Tenet has published the results from its latest training courses. For the JO1 tax paper,...

Business enquiries up at MortgageStream

MortgageStream has claimed a "surge"" in new business enquiries over the last three months.

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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