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Female breadwinners lacking income protection

The growing importance of the female workforce has been highlighted in new research from...

Younger budgeting more, older less

Despite a slight annual increase in the number of people who formally budget, 53%...

Major investment for Vizolution

Vizolution has received £5m in new equity investment to drive product development and international...

LendInvest cuts vanilla residential bridging rates

LendInvest has cut the interest rates on its Tier 1 residential bridging loan range...

Together targets potential right-to-buy customers

Specialist lender Together is allocating over £100m of funds for lending to council and housing association...

The Teachers ups its maximum lending age

The Teachers Building Society has increased its maximum lending age at end of term...

Kuflink Bridging grows sales team

Kuflink Bridging has hired Chloe Carlin to develop new business through the intermediary sector...

The Monmouthshire and LMS extend relationship

LMS has extended its partnership with the Monmouthshire Building Society. This follows a two-year collaboration. The Monmouthshire currently...

Target Group appoints CCO

Target Group has announced the appointment of Jeremy Edwards as its chief client officer...

‘Smart’ FTBs locked into HTB mortgage guarantee scheme

Connells Survey and Valuation has found that first-time buyers are making the most of the Help...

deVere partners with Al Rayan to provide expat mortgages

deVere Mortgages and Al Rayan Bank have entered into a strategic partnership to offer...

FCA outlines diversity and inclusion commitments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published targets for the Women in Finance Charter. The...

Widespread rate cuts unveiled by Barclays

Barclays has made cuts across its residential, large loan and buy-to-let product ranges.  Key changes include the following: Two-year...

Ultimate Finance makes senior appointment in Leeds

Ultimate Finance has appointed Jamie Hunt as a regional director within its Leeds office. He...

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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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ONP Solicitors moves Cardiff office as headcount doubles

ONP Solicitors has moved its Cardiff office to larger premises in the city centre...

The Exeter reports rise in HealthWise app use as remote GP demand leads growth

The Exeter said usage of its HealthWise app increased across all core services in...

Landlords continue shift to company structures as incorporation set to rise in 2026

The number of companies established to hold buy-to-let portfolios is forecast to rise by...

Rosemount rolls out proprietary KYC tool for advisers

Rosemount Financial Solutions has launched its own Know Your Customer tool for member advisers,...

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