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Strong performance from mutuals in 2012

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders last year was £30.7...

Shirebrook Wealth Management in deal with Chorley BS

Perspective Financial Group has announced its Chorley-based office, Shirebrook Wealth Management, has agreed a...

Exclusive Skipton deal for PMS & Sesame ARs

Members of PMS and appointed representatives of Sesame network now have access to a...

Accord Mortgages to cut rates

Accord Mortgages will be reducing some rates by up to 0.50 percentage points from...

Rate cuts and LTV rises from Aldermore

Aldermore has revamped its range of residential buy-to-let mortgages. The range now includes the following: A...

Borro optimistic over alternative lending’s prospects

Personal asset lender borro believes that 2013 could be the year alternative becomes mainstream. "While...

2012 saw year-on-year fall in LTVs

Income growth among homebuyers was overshadowed by rising deposits and mortgages last year, according...

Five appoints for HSBC Commercial

HSBC has made five new appointments within its Derbyshire and East Staffordshire commercial team. The...

The Nationwide cuts tracker rates

The Nationwide Building Society is tomorrow (30 January) reducing its tracker rates by up...

Ageas sees off six-figure insurance fraud

Ageas has claimed defeat of a £100,000 insurance fraud case in Dorset. A judgment was...

Annual house price rise of 1.7%: Land Registry

The December data from Land Registry's House Price Index has shown an annual price...

Paymentshield claims record retention rates

Paymentshield has said that in 2012 it retained more policies than ever, with retention...

Lead generation startup calls for more honesty

A new lead generation firm has called for misleading lead adverts and suppliers to...

Shawbrook Bank improves commercial lending proposition

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes across its commercial lending product range. Residential...

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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Green shoots for housing market as confidence rebounds

Surveyors are reporting the clearest signs yet that the housing slowdown may be bottoming...

AML regime ‘costing billions with little return’

Global anti-money laundering rules are imposing vast costs on banks while recovering less than...

HSBC UK to host Spring Budget economy webinars for intermediaries

HSBC UK is inviting brokers to join a series of economy update webinars focused...

Clydesdale Bank hikes selected residential fixed rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a range of residential fixed rate products across purchase, remortgage...

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