Economy

UK construction suffers sharpest downturn since 2020

Britain’s construction sector has recorded its steepest fall in output for five and a...

Accord makes top slicing available to first-time landlords

Accord Mortgages has enhanced its top slicing criteria to accept first-time landlords subject to...

Chetwood Bank raises maximum exposure limit to £10 million

Chetwood Bank is raising the maximum buy-to-let exposure limit to £10 million for both...

Atom Bank gains ‘Great Place to Work’ status

Atom Bank has been certified as a Great Place to Work after securing a...

New Bucks’ expat buy-to-let launch and rate reductions

Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced rate reductions on selected Everyday Residential and Skilled Worker...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in...

United Trust Bank to launch Stance Asset Finance in 2026

United Trust Bank is preparing to launch a new asset finance brand, Stance Asset...

Brokers warn of lending gap to non-UK residents

Brokers are finding it increasingly difficult to secure finance for non-UK residents with new...

Digital overhaul spices up specialist lending for Paragon Bank

Paragon Banking Group has reported another year of resilient profit growth, increased shareholder returns...

AdvisoryAI launches free tool to help advisers interpret Budget 2025

AdvisoryAI has built a free Budget Analyser to help advisers understand how the Autumn...

House price growth eases but market shows resilience

UK house price growth slowed in November according to the latest Nationwide House Price...

Paul Welch lifts lid on how the super-rich use debt to build wealth

Paul Welch, founder of private finance firm Million Plus, has launched a book claiming...

Landlords quicken move to incorporation as tax pressures rise

Landlords are increasingly turning to limited company structures as a way to manage rising...

BNPL habits risk derailing FTB mortgage hopes

Britain’s rapid uptake of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services is putting a growing...

COMMENT

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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