News

Banks continue to show contempt to SMEs

Banks have broken their promise to increase lending to small businesses under the Government's...

Bob Young: Spare me the bleedin’ obvious

Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans, could do without recent preaching over...

RBS unveils three new trackers

2009-07-15 09:16

Nottingham bucks the rental trend

Buying a home in the East Midlands is a far cheaper option than renting,...

Firms regaining faith in their business prospects

Lloyds TSB Commercial has reported that UK businesses are showing signs of rekindled confidence...

Tenant demand levels likely to continue

Paragon Mortgages says yields in the private rented sector have continued to improve as...

Inertia offers MortgageProtector Solo access

Paymentshield's new Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance product MortgageProtector Solo is now available on the...

Home Buyer Systems unveils SRB system

Home Buyer Systems has claimed the title of first supplier in the market to...

Land Registry criticised for fees hike

2009/07/14 14:33

Prime lenders should get into non-conforming, argues Crown

Crown Mortgage Management has echoed the FSA's defence of specialist lenders and argues the...

CML: there’s more to pricing than swap rates

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has moved to explain how lenders price their products. The...

Cable slams government’s &quotutter confusion&quot

Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable has claimed that UKFI's strategy is &quotschizophrenic&quot and...

Buyer enquiry upturn boosts surveyor confidence

Surveyors' optimism has increased following signs that activity in the housing market is picking...

COMMENT

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...

MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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