Mortgages

The Mansfield posts large rise in intermediary business

The Mansfield Building Society has reported increased profits for the financial year ending in...

Beating the bull … subject to regulatory approval of course

The insurance industry is renowned for its use of jargon. Despite great efforts made...

1.68% three-year deal from First Direct

First Direct has launched a new 1.68% three-year fixed rate repayment mortgage. The...

BM Solutions cuts two, three and five year rates

BM Solutions has reduced rates across its two, three, and five year buy-to-let and...

Halifax Intermediaries cuts higher LTV rates

Halifax Intermediaries has reduced rates by up to 0.4 percentage points on its higher end loan...

Fitch upgrades Precise Mortgages Servicer Ratings

Charter Court Financial Services Limited (CCFS), which trades with the Precise Mortgages and Exact Mortgage...

New limited edition deals from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a range of limited-edition, fixed-rate mortgages, available for one week...

MMR has caused changes in spending habits

Research by MoneySuperMarket suggest that prospective borrowers are changing their spending habits in a...

Paradigm accesses adverse BTL deals from Precise Mortgages

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced its members now have exclusive access to two buy-to-let...

Airdrie Savings Bank teams up with L&G Mortgage Club

Airdrie Savings Bank has launched with Legal & General Mortgage Club. Airdrie Savings Bank claims...

CML: lending picture is stabilising

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £16.5...

Aldermore moves into Help to Buy: equity loan space

Aldermore has launched a Help to Buy: equity loan scheme through a group of...

Smart Money backs FCA’s volte face

Smart Money has welcomed the FCA’s move to no longer require second charge lenders...

New Barclays deals include 1.85% two-year fix

Barclays has introduced a new fee free 1.85% two-year fixed at 60% LTV and...

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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