Mortgages

45% would consider buy-to-let for retirement income

21% of savers either regret or are unsure about saving into pensions to fund...

New Barclays reward programme to include mortgages

Barclays has announced a new rewards programme called Barclays Blue Rewards. Launching on 20 April,...

Crystal Mortgages rebrands to highlight core markets

Midlands-based Crystal Mortgages has rebranded to Crystal Specialist Finance. It is highlighting five distinctive...

Two-thirds of all BTL transactions are now remortgages

In the first quarter of 2015, 66% of mortgages against standard or ‘vanilla’ buy-to-let...

Citizens Advice calls for end to “PPI scandal”

Citizens Advice has called on the banking industry to end the PPI scandal once...

Stonebridge unveils Revolution Touchpoint

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has launched Revolution Touchpoint, a new marketing tool...

Leeds Expo: all stands sold

All the stands have been sold for the Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) at Leeds...

TMA seeks to inspire the mortgage industry

TMA is embarking on a campaign to inspire the mortgage industry.  It has been talking to...

New residential fixes from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has launched two new fixed rate products into its residential...

Nationwide cuts 60% LTV fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut two-year and five-year fixed rate deals at 60%...

CML: house purchase lending activity dampened in February

Home-owner house purchase lending fell in February both compared to the previous month and...

Fleet Mortgages further expands distribution

Fleet Mortgages has added network Intrinsic to its distribution panel. Advisers who are part of...

Tory Right to Buy plan could cost taxpayers £20bn

The Conservative Party manifesto will be launched today, with a headline pledge of extending...

Help to Buy 2 deposits reach 10-month high

February saw a 10-month high in average deposits for house purchases using the Help...

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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