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Repossessions hit 14-year high

Repossession figures for 2009 reached a 14-year high, but arrears and possessions declined in...

Y3S consolidates secured loan brands

The Y3S Group has reported that the merger of two of its subsidiaries has...

Bad weather fails to dent house sales: NAEA

The National Association of Estate Agent's market report for January suggests that despite some...

Tenants struggle to pay rent

55% of members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) have seen an...

TrigoldCrystal offers backup and Exchange services

Through a new partnership with RISC Group, TrigoldCrystal is offering new services including Online...

B2L remortgaging continues its decline

Paragon Mortgages has revealed the proportion of landlords remortgaging their investment properties continued to...

Aviva retirement study paints worrying picture

Aviva research has revealed that those approaching retirement have finances in far worse shape...

SLS offers fast bridging product with Lowry Capital

Savills Lending Solutions (SLS) has launched a rapid bridging product called Express Bridge. The product,...

Yorkshire unveils its lowest ever fixed rate

Yorkshire Building Society has launched its lowest ever two-year fixed rate mortgage at 3.09%,...

High Court liquidates two land banking firms

Two companies that mis-sold green belt land for investment to the public have been...

OFT consults over estate agents and credit lenders

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is consulting on its future approach to supervising...

Protected: Half of lenders expect 5% rise in repossessions

as it is known. This created a bottleneck which will start to clear in 2010. Sadly

AfI cuts rates and adds new products

Abbey for Intermediaries (AfI) is tomorrow launching a new Key Account only 75% LTV,...

Summer departure for FSA’s Sants

learned the lessons and has gone on to reform itself into a much stronger and better equipped organisation.

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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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