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Connect Overseas unveils foreign country mortgage guide

Connect Overseas has launched a downloadable foreign mortgage guide for brokers to complement its...

Funding Circle teams up with university

Funding Circle the University of Huddersfield have embarked upon a new partnership that will...

Promising signs of recovery for mortgage market

January saw mortgage approvals reach a four year high in January, according to research...

FSA wins High Court case against land banking firm

The FSA has secured what it has hailed as a "key victory" in...

Clydesdale/Yorkshire Banks reward customers with fee-free offer

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched  a 'no fee' mortgage offer. It is available to...

Title insurer acquired

Inter Hannover has acquired London and European, the provider of title insurance and legal...

Kevin Paterson to head up Source Insurance

Kevin Paterson will be joining Source Insurance as its managing director in early April....

Alternative finance growth outstrips traditional lending

Growth in traditional mortgage lending (1.4%) was outpaced 50 times by annual growth in...

Updated index re-evaluates buy-to-let volatility

The Model Works says the market needs to understand the behaviour of the buy-to-let...

New hire for Smart Money Loans

Smart Money Loans has announced the appointment of David Orr as its latests sales...

Complete FS to distribute new Saffron mortgage range

Complete FS has revealed that it is one of a select number of partners...

New two-year fix from the Chelsea

Chelsea Building Society has launched a new 1.89% two-year fixed rate mortgage at 60%...

Tenet unveils RMAR reporting software

Directly authorised (DA) firms are being offered software to meet the new Retail Mediation...

Strong end to 2012 for secured lending

There was a 6% rise in consumer credit lending last year. Latest figures, released today...

COMMENT

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...

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...

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LMS deepens partnership with Gen H to support Scottish lending expansion

LMS has extended its relationship with Gen H as the lender moves into the...

Mortgage arrears and possessions fell again in Q4

Mortgage arrears and possessions both declined in the final three months of 2025, with...

PEXA joins BoE lab to test synchronised settlement in property completions

PEXA has been selected to participate in the Bank of England’s Synchronisation Lab, a...

The Right Mortgage introduces in-house packager service for complex cases

The Right Mortgage has launched The Right Packager, a new service available to advisory...

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