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Bibby boosts Northern presence

Invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services has appointed Mark Storey as managing director for...

UK households have £3k investment in bailed-out banks

UK Financial Investments Limited (UKFI), the company set up to manage the Government's investments...

Another broker banned for fraud

The FSA has banned Essex mortgage broker Daniel Esqulant for submitting four mortgage applications...

B2L investors looking to expand portfolios

83% of UK mortgage brokers say buy-to-let investors believe that now is a prime...

MIS and TMA in strategic partnership

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has joined forces with Melton Intermediary Services (MIS) to offer...

Y3S Group and Pancredit unveil source and search system

Y3S Group and Pancredit have developed a system that will allow mortgage brokers and...

Scraps HIPs and force banks to lend, government told

Estate agents have called for further governmental and banking intervention to sustain improvements in...

Sesame expands RDR support programme

Sesame has rolled out the latest phase of its support programme to help advisers...

Bernau to become Chelsea BS chairman

Stuart Bernau, currently an executive director at Nationwide Building Society, will succeed Trevor Harrison...

AMI continues call for more specialist lending assistance

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has called for further Government action to assist...

TMA offered free TrigoldCrystal for limited period

The new TrigoldCrystal sourcing and point of sale system will be offered to all...

Regulator seeks to improve consumer understanding of complaints handing

The FSA has published proposals to improve transparency over how firms handle complaints. This would...

Bristol and Bromsgrove courses for HBS users

Home Buyer Systems has published details of its forthcoming HBSLite sales training courses. They will...

Nationwide doesn’t expect great demand for 125% deal

Nationwide has launched a 125% LTV product for existing borrowers in negative equity. The UK's...

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The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

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London outmigration falls to lowest level in over a decade

The long-running exodus of London homeowners to the rest of the country has slowed...

Younger buyers downgrade homeownership dream as costs soar

New research from Yopa has highlighted a generational shift in attitudes towards homeownership with...

EXCLUSIVE: Conveyancer queries vary by an ‘alarming’ 8,176%

The scale of inefficiency in the property market was laid bare today by new...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new large loan mortgage products

Clydesdale Bank is introducing a fresh set of large loan mortgage products while withdrawing...