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The Help to Buy shared equity scheme in Wales is to be extended under new rules announced by the Welsh Government. Read more
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New rules published by the Financial Conduct Authority today will help to protect consumers wanting to access their pension savings from 6 April 2015 by requiring firms involved in the sale of retirement income products to give additional warnings tailored to them. Read more
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First-time buyer deposits have climbed 15% in a year to average almost £30,000, driven by lower stamp duty bills for new buyers, according to the latest First Time Buyer Tracker from Your Move and Reeds Rains. Read more
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UK state-owned bank RBS has today reported growth of 37% in gross mortgage lending due to a boost in its adviser business, despite also posting a profit loss of £3.5bn in 2014. Read more
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Today's data confirms that house prices are still rising. However, we are still experiencing a two-speed housing market.
view articleWhen you factor in the boost provided to buyers by wages climbing and inflation slowing, there are strong foundations for a growth in lending in 2015.
view articleEquity release has become a mainstream financial solution, and financial advisers could help spread that message and educate the consumer.
view articleThe cost of a combined buildings and contents insurance policy has remained static over the past three months...However, the general view is that prices have reached bottom and will start to rise.
view articleHomeowners are gambling on further reductions or are trapped on their current home loan; possibly because their original product is not compatible with current affordability requirements.
view articleTaking the year as a whole, we saw the highest number of first-time buyers in seven years, illustrating the success of government schemes such as Help to Buy and the willingness of lenders to offer high...
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So Tesco has only sold £1bn worth of home loans since it started offering mortgages two and a half years ago. Not much really! So they finally saw the light and realised that they can't do it on their...
view articleBrokers are absolutely vital to the procurement of financing for the UK’s busy SME marketplace.
view articleHowever, there are still tens of thousands of homeowners being repossessed each year, which begs the question: what will happen when interest rates do start to rise? How will people cope? We suspect that...
view articleRemortgaging is the domain of the intermediary, however it feels like apathy has set in with borrowers and intermediaries, with both appearing to wait for signs of a base rate increase before deciding
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Most contractors do not fit Self Employed profiling. I disagree Paul. If this was the case then they wouldn't contact a contractor Mortgage Specialists. Most Limited Company contractors trading accounts...
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Rob Jupp: Specialist lending is no longer a sideshow
In 2015, the lending world is anticipating another year of progress marked by keenly priced product offerings and an almost daily announcement of new lenders. All seems set fair for a further consolidation on the gains of the past three years and to push on to even greater lending heights. Read more
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In 2015, the industry needs to be doing even more to support intermediaries faced with having so many familiar lending doors closed to them.
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