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Friends Life has increased new business in the last three months, with total sales reaching £292m - up 8% on the same period last year, its first quarter business update shows.
Bridgewater Equity Release has produced a sales aid to help advisers reassure customers when having discussions about home reversions.
Will the government’s relaunch of the Right to Buy scheme attract greater or fewer sales than the estimated 4,000 achieved last year?
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Nationwide Building Society has announced the appointment of Gary Salter as head of corporate accounts for Group Intermediary Sales (GIS).
March property prices rose 2.2% after first-time buyers rushed to buy ahead of the Stamp Duty holiday, but Halifax predicts prices though volatile will stay more or less flat this year.
The number of homes sold in the UK saw a monthly rise of 7% in February, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has found.
The Legal & General network’s School of Excellence programme has returned for 2012 designed to train new mortgage and protection advisers to the industry.
Funding pressures in the mortgage market could trigger a return to the aggressive dual pricing strategies seen in 2008 where lenders offered more competitive products direct, said the FSA.
Abbey for Intermediaries is making changes to the way it assesses monthly expenditure on applications via its Introducer Internet from Monday 27 February.
Aldermore Residential Mortgages has added two new members to strengthen its sales team.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned property website PropertyWikia.com from advertising property sales opportunities, including £2,000 commission on property sales.
House sales edged up slightly during January as more first-time buyers looked to beat the March Stamp Duty holiday, a survey has found.
Bridgewater Equity Release, the home reversion specialist, has announced that it is working on a series of initiatives that aim to support equity release advisers in 2012.
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