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New app from Fluent Money

Fluent Money is to launch its first smartphone app, Fluent View, on iTunes on...

Leeds unveils five-year fix at 3.74%

The Leeds Building Society has made cuts of up to 0.25 basis points on...

House prices remain stable

There was a very small rise of £270 or 0.1% in the average price...

Funding for Lending behind lending growth

House purchase lending in October grew by 10% compared to September as the Funding...

First-time buyer challenges grow

25% of those who intend to purchase in the next 12 months will be...

Fall in number of second charge repossessions

Repossessions made by second-charge mortgage providers were down by 25.9% in the third quarter...

Avelo offers online gender directive resource

Avelo has launched a dedicated G-day Focus Centre on its Exchange Portal. It is designed...

Perspective backs AIFA rebrand

Perspective Financial Group says it intends to join the new industry trade body, the...

Milestone for Paradigm Mortgage Services

Paradigm Mortgage Services is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The mortgage services proposition has now...

Castle Trust appoints customer service head

Castle Trust has appointed Guy Davis to the position of head of customer service. ...

Quarterly growth in buy-to-let lending

The value of buy-to-let mortgages taken out in the third quarter of this year...

The Leeds makes rate reductions to three-year fixes

Leeds Building Society’s three-year fixed rate mortgage at 85% LTV has been reduced from...

Stonehaven reduces lifetime mortgage rates

Specialist lifetime mortgage provider Stonehaven has cut the interest rates on its Interest Select...

Vertex poaches another from HML

Vertex Financial Services has appointed Phil Ashworth as account director to look after its...

COMMENT

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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Gen H expands into Scotland with affordability-led income booster

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

Landlord optimism rises as confidence returns to the private rented sector

New research suggests sentiment among landlords has improved sharply over the past year, despite...

Mortgage Brain continues hub rollout with Mortgage Force and Affinity onboarding

Mortgage Brain has completed the onboarding of Mortgage Force and Affinity Group onto its...

Together expands intermediary sales team with two senior appointments

Together has strengthened its intermediary division with the appointment of two experienced industry figures,...

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