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L&G expands critical illness cover with new conditions and clearer terms

Legal & General has announced a package of upgrades to its group critical illness...

Cost of making a house a home rises over 30% in a decade

The cost of setting up a home has climbed by almost a third over...

Bluecroft Finance joins growing ranks of BDLA lender members

Bluecroft Finance has become the latest lender to join the Bridging & Development Lenders...

Nomo partners with OMS to streamline digital property finance platform

Sharia-compliant digital bank Nomo has announced a new partnership with One Mortgage System (OMS)...

SME housebuilders asked to give verdict on Labour’s first year in power

A new industry survey has been launched to assess the impact of the Labour...

Just Mortgages secures high street role for April Mortgages’ 100% LTV product

Just Mortgages has been announced as the first national high street estate agency linked...

UK house prices rise 6.4%, reports ONS

UK house prices rose by 6.4% in the year to March 2025, marking the...

Tim Sorrell joins TMA as key account manager

TMA Club has appointed Tim Sorrell as key account manager, as the mortgage distributor...

LV= sees major uptick in mental health support uptake

LV= has reported a sharp rise in demand for mental health services among its...

Investec provides £54.6m for office-to-residential conversions

Investec has arranged a £54.6 million club facility for Signal Capital Partners to support...

Molo cuts non-resident landlord mortgage rates by 30bps

Molo has announced a 30 basis point reduction across its non-UK resident buy-to-let mortgage...

VAS Assurance rebrands as Validate

Property valuation specialist VAS Assurance has rebranded as Validate to mark its tenth anniversary. Validate,...

Inspired Lending cuts bridging loan rates to 0.89%

Bridging lender Inspired Lending has reduced rates across its product range, with new pricing...

First-time buyer collapse highlights impact of stamp duty cutback

The number of first-time buyer offers fell by 55% in the first quarter of...

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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Britain’s post-war generation reaches 80 with longer lives and new financial pressures

The first wave of babies born after the Second World War turns 80 this...

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...

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