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The Mortgage Soup view: Challenges and opportunities for brokers

One of the biggest focal points for brokers this year is the sheer volume...

Dividend growth could be boost for mortgage sector

Despite a 4.6% fall in UK company dividends during the first quarter of 2025...

Advisers warned of regulatory risks over neglecting wills and LPAs in later life lending

Financial advisers could be falling short of regulatory expectations and endangering customer outcomes by...

Rosemount Financial Solutions announces senior promotions

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has announced a series of senior promotions as the growing...

L&G adds Harpenden Building Society to surveying services panel

Legal & General (L&G) has expanded its Mortgage Services business with the addition of...

HTB appoints Alexia Evans as lending director to strengthen development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Alexia Evans as lending director within its development...

Nationwide lowers remortgage and switcher rates in further push for market share

Nationwide has announced cuts of up to 0.29 percentage points across its remortgage and...

Assetz Capital backs Cairngorms industrial scheme with £1.94m loan

Assetz Capital has provided a £1.94 million funding package to support the development of...

Vida Homeloans brings AVM tech to mortgage process in push for faster decisions

Vida Homeloans has taken another step forward in its Mortgage Transformation Roadmap with the...

Standard Life Home Finance names Phil Quinn as head of sales

Standard Life Home Finance has appointed Phil Quinn as its new head of sales. Quinn...

Virgin Money drops fixed rates across residential and BTL ranges

Virgin Money is to implement a range of rate reductions across its fixed mortgage...

HMO market valued at £78 billion amid rising demand for shared living

New analysis from property technology firm COHO has valued the House in Multiple Occupation...

MPowered Mortgages lowers fixed rates once again

MPowered Mortgages has announced its second round of fixed rate reductions since the so-called...

Homebuyers opt for greater peace of mind as demand for condition surveys grows

Homebuyers are increasingly prioritising peace of mind over price, as new figures from Countrywide...

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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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Financial confidence masks widespread gaps in money knowledge, study finds

A growing disconnect between perceived financial confidence and actual understanding is leaving many UK...

Principal firms lead self-employed recruitment growth at Just Mortgages

Recruitment figures from Just Mortgages show that the majority of self-employed advisers brought into...

New podcast aimed at advisers navigating mortgage and wealth convergence

Twenty7tec has launched a new podcast series designed to support advisers as mortgage and...

Gen H expands into Scotland with affordability-led income booster

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has launched in Scotland, extending its lending proposition north...

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