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Barclays targets mortgage growth as it pivots to retail banking

Barclays is stepping up its focus on the UK mortgage market as part of...

Gen Z driving homeownership demand as deposits shrink

Confidence in the UK housing market is improving with Gen Z buyers driving demand...

Brilliant Solutions makes sales director appointment

Brilliant Solutions has promoted Ivan Vizor to the role of sales director, following a...

TPFG expands intermediary footprint with Smart Advice deal

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has acquired an 85% stake in Smart Advice Financial...

Most homeowners rule out downsizing as a retirement strategy

Fewer than one in five people expect to move to a smaller home in...

LendInvest hires specialist bridging business development manager

LendInvest Mortgages has appointed Caelan Gokani as a business development manager within its specialist...

Affordability gains lift first-time buyer activity

Improving affordability helped to support a rebound in first-time buyer activity during 2025 although...

Extended illness forces nearly half of UK workers into month-long absences, research finds

New research from The Exeter suggests prolonged periods of ill health are becoming a...

Paradigm Consulting forms strategic partnership with We Complement

Paradigm Consulting has entered into a new strategic partnership with We Complement, expanding the...

Virgin Money cuts selected fixed mortgage rates

Virgin Money has announced a series of reductions across selected residential, buy-to-let and product...

Wealthy Advisers Club launches social media platform as membership hits 1,000

The Wealthy Advisers Club has launched a new social media content platform for mortgage...

Buy-to-let rates lowered as The Mortgage Works trims fixed pricing

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates across selected two, three and five-year...

Landbay adds new Premier products and cuts two-year fixed rates

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched new products and reduced rates across its Premier range...

Mortgage Advice Bureau names interim chief marketing officer

Mortgage Advice Bureau has appointed Joanne Brading as interim chief marketing officer as it...

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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