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Prestige introduces consumer BTL

Prestige Finance has made cuts to all variable and fixed rates across its prime residential product...

Life insurance gap revealed

44% of people with children aged 18 or under, and/ or who are married...

FCA takes action against payday lender

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Andrew Barry Hart, the sole director, controller...

LendInvest hires VP for compliance

LendInvest has appointed Willem Wellinghoff as vice-president of compliance. Wellinghoff (pictured) is responsible for leading...

The Loan Partnership expands second charge lender panel

The Loan Partnership has been added to Precise Mortgages' second charge loans preferred master...

Magellan launches direct-to-lender submission option

Magellan Homeloans is making its product range open to both appointed representatives and directly...

RICS: buyer enquiries start to pick up

The results of the September 2016 RICS Residential Market Survey show new buyer enquiries...

ABI assembles Pensions Dashboard team

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has put together a dedicated team to move forward its Pensions...

One-third of tenants think they can take fixtures or fittings

30% of people who have rented a property in the last five years think...

The Skipton cuts two and five-year rates

The Skipton Building Society has reduced its two and five-year fixed rate residential mortgages with rates...

11% year-on-year rise in house purchase borrowing

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that homeowners borrowed £12.2bn for house purchase...

5% fall in buy-to-let products available

The third quarter of 2016 saw the average number of buy-to-let mortgage products available...

Protection importance highlighted in Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Nearly 60,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year, equivalent to one...

Bank of Ireland UK offers retention proc fee

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries is to offer a gross retention procuration fee of...
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COMMENT

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Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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