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Ageas makes senior management changes

Ageas has made a number of promotions within its senior management team. Barry Smith...

PPI radio ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a radio advert from Payment Protection Partnership...

New 50% LTV deals from NatWest

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is launching new 50% LTV deals tomorrow (9 January)to both its...

Omni Capital enhances product offering

Omni Capital has made improvements to its broker-facing range of bridging, refurbishment finance and...

Three months growth in valuations

Valuation activity grew annually for a third consecutive month in December, according to the...

Sesame Bankhall Group appoints distribution director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has hired Stephen Gazard as its distribution director. Gazard will...

Virgin Money updates interest-only lending policy

Virgin Money is changing its policy for new interest-only residential mortgage lending. The lender...

Marsden appoints valuation panel manager

Marsden Building Society has selected Gateway as its new panel manager. The total outsourcing arrangement...

Dragonfly turns around LLP deal in two days

Dragonfly Property Finance has completed on a £1 million bridge for a Limited Liability...

Borro sees 122% rise in funded loans

Borro has revealed the main types of assets used by clients to access liquidity...

Masthaven moves into Scotland

Masthaven has announced that products from both Masthaven Bridging Finance and Masthaven Secured Loans...

The Cambridge unveils new range

The Cambridge Building Society is refreshing its complete residential mortgage range. This latest product range...

New Year sale from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has revamped its two-year fixed rate mortgage range. The completion fee...

Property portfolio growth sought by majority of investors

55% of landlords are looking to grow their property portfolios over the next six...

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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Nationwide completes first live digital mortgage deeds with Veyco technology

Nationwide Building Society has become the first UK lender to complete live mortgage transactions...

CIExpert adds Royal London to income protection insight zone

Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone,...

First-time buyers ‘closer than they think’ to owning a home

Most wannabe first-time buyers may be far closer to homeownership than they realise according...

FTBs handed boost as high-LTV mortgage choice hits record

First-time buyers and borrowers with small deposits are entering 2026 with more mortgage choice...

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