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Castle Trust completes first Express Service loan

Castle Trust has completed the first loan under its new Express Service in two...

Zurich returns to Source household panel

Source Insurance has announced the return of Zurich to its household panel. The bedroom rated...

Vida Homeloans begins ‘test and learn’ pilot

New specialist intermediary lender Vida Homeloans has embarked upon a pre-launch lending pilot in...

Paymentshield improves emergency and legal cover

Paymentshield has launched upgrades to its home emergency and legal expenses cover following  the appointment of...

Aviva fined £8.2m over outsourcing failures

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Aviva Pension Trustees UK and Aviva Wrap...

Tesco Bank lending up 11.6%

Tesco Bank has reported a pre-tax profit (before exceptional items) of £89m for the...

SortRefer offer introducers workplace pension solutions

Online referral service SortRefer has launched a new facility which allows intermediaries access to...

Couples failing to talk about retirement finance

Just 32% of people over the age of 40 who live with their spouse...

Pepper unveils five-year fixes

Pepper Homeloans has launched a range of five-year residential fixed rates for borrowers who...

IHT to hit home for 585,000 UK millionaires in 2020

NFU Mutual has calculated there was a 27% rise in the number of millionaires...

The Mansfield partners with Mortgage Intelligence

The Mansfield Building Society has been added to the Mortgage Intelligence panel of lenders....

First Complete holding UK forums this month

First Complete is hosting 15 mortgage forums across the UK during October. The network will...

New residential and BTL deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions on residential and buy-to-let mortgages. A...

Promise reports “best ever month”

Promise Specialist Lending has revealed that its September second charge completions were up more than...

COMMENT

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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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,...

Landlords’ awareness of Renters’ Rights Act rises as concern grows over possession delays

Three quarters of landlords are now aware of the Renters’ Rights Act, with concern...

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