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Sesame ARs offered remortgage exclusive

Sesame network's appointed representatives (ARs) now have access to a new exclusive remortgage-only...

The Teachers alters buy-to-let criteria

Teachers Building Society has made improvements to the criteria on its buy-to-let products. The...

Partnership hires compliance chief

Partnership has appointed Joanne Evans as director of compliance. She will be responsible...

BestAdvice – important service update

BestAdvice will not be updated from the morning of 19 August until the evening...

New Coventry Intermediaries range includes 90% LTV deal

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range of flexible products, which includes two Flexx...

Blemain Group appoints BDM

Blemain Group has appointed Paul Mansell as business development manager (BDM) for Scotland and...

Canada Life partners with Panacea

Panacea Adviser, the online community and resource for directly regulated financial advisers, has announced...

Rents in East Anglia and SE outperform the rest of GB

July has seen a significant stabilising of advertised rents when viewed against previous months...

Modest rises in rents during July

Rents have increased more slowly than inflation over the last year, according to the...

Precise unveils three-year fixes

Precise Mortgages has launched a set of exclusive products available through a select group...

Brokers urged to consider A level students shunning university

As students receive their A level results, Career Academies UK is urging mortgage brokers...

Jupp becomes new chair of bridging association

Rob Jupp, CEO of loan distributor Brightstar Financial, is to become chairman of the...

Brokers anticipate a greater demand for remortgaging business

Research conducted by NatWest Intermediary Solutions has found that mortgage advisers are reasonably confident...

Increase in homeowners with debt problems

Latest figures from Debt Advisory Centre suggest the number of homeowners getting help with...

COMMENT

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

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...

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The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience....

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with...

Property chains adding £2k to moves

Property chains are adding more than £2,000 to the average cost of moving with...

The Bath adopts AI verification in push to streamline mortgage processing

Bath Building Society has partnered with fintech Sikoia to automate document handling, income verification...

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