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Big slump in second charge lending

Second charge lending fell 67% in the 12 months to May 2010, while unsecured...

Banks riled by Which? claims

Banks have reacted angrily to claims by Which? Money that many savings providers fail...

Viva Costa revamps website

Overseas mortgage and property firm Viva Costa International has unveiled its new new website...

Bibby acquires Brentwood factoring firm

Bibby Financial Services has acquired the client portfolio of Aston Rothbury Factors, an independent...

Lloyds Banking Group calls time on PPI

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has withdrawn its Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) products across all...

The Leeds re-enters self-build sector

Leeds Building Society has relaunched into the self-build market with a new variable, staged...

TBMC offers Tiuta’s ‘bridge to let’ deal

Buy-to-let and commercial mortgage broker now has access to the semi-exclusive 'bridge to let'...

Edinburgh tops online property search poll

There were more online searches made by UK consumers in May for places to...

Davenham general meeting to vote on AIM delisting

A circular has been sent to Davenham shareholders convening a general meeting at 2pm...

AIFA concerned by ‘consumer champion’ role for CPMA

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has responded to the Government's consultation on...

Cheval offers loyalty scheme for intermediaries

Bridging firm Cheval has launched a loyalty club for brokers. The Cheval Club gives intermediaries...

Olympics bring house price boost

Certain areas of London close to the main site for the London 2012 Olympic...

TCF Debt Solutions (UK) enters liquidation proceedings

Insolvency practitioners Clarke Bell have been appointed to undertake the measures necessary to liquidate...

Conveyancing Alliance enhances quote system

Conveyancing Alliance Ltd is making improvements to its quotation system, which will be used...

COMMENT

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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