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The Mortgage Shop and Stonebridge sign long-term deal

The Mortgage Shop (TMS), Stonebridge’s largest appointed representative (AR), has signed a new long-term...

Blackstone and Pluto Finance launch £2bn real estate partnership

Blackstone has struck a £2 billion partnership with Pluto Finance to expand its presence...

Estate agent LRG lined up for £800m sale

One of Britain’s largest estate agency groups is being readied for a sale that...

Together completes £367mn mortgage-backed securitisation

Together Financial Services has completed the successful pricing of its second residential mortgage-backed securitisation...

Saffron for Intermediaries unveils major updates

Saffron for Intermediaries has unveiled significant mortgage updates including introducing four new lending categories...

Connect for Intermediaries add StreamBank to panel

Connect has added StreamBank to its lending panel and giving its appointed representatives access...

Bridging market shows signs of consolidation

The latest quarterly data from the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) shows a...

Countrywide Surveying Services signs new MPowered deal

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has signed a new agreement to act as the surveying...

L&C breaks through million mortgage application milestone

L&C Mortgages has now submitted over a million mortgage applications since it launched over...

Finova launches pre-configured buy-to-let platform for lenders

Finova, the UK’s largest cloud-based mortgage and savings software provider, has launched a new...

United Trust Bank grows property development team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has bolstered it property development division as the bank continues...

Fleet Mortgages Launches new 2-year cashbacks

Fleet Mortgages has launched of three new 65% LTV 2-year fixed-rate products with cashback...

Hinckley & Rugby’s mortgage deals available throughout Scotland

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has announced its residential mortgage products are now available...

TPFG helps generate 12,800 mortgages in first half of 2025

Estate agent network The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor,...

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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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