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New 60% LTV deals from the Chelsea

Chelsea Building Society has unveiled a new five-year fix at 2.94%. The brand is offering...

Sesame Bankhall adds Scottish BS to lender panels

Scottish Building Society has been added to the Sesame and PMS lender panels. The...

Virgin Money launches new securitisation

Virgin Money plc is launching its second securitisation issue of the year. It is called...

AFI launches iPhone app

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched a new app for the Apple iPhone. It is...

RBS posts loss and increases PPI provision

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has posted a pre-tax loss of £1.26 billion for...

Leeds Halloween day raises cash for charity

Leeds Building Society raised £1,000 for local hospices via a seasonal charity day at...

Demise for branch sales?

Only 27% of mortgages for banks and 15% for mutuals are currently sold through...

Funding Circle builds intermediary team

Funding Circle has appointed James Lovett as business development manager. Lovett has joined from Close...

Unrealistic expectations among interest-only borrowers

57.6% of those with interest-only mortgages think house prices will rise enough for their...

Keystone improves criteria after broker feedback

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has again changed its lending criteria. This follows on...

Seventh Perspective office becomes Corporate Chartered

Perspective Financial Group's Newcastle Under Lyme office, Ad Valorem Wealth Management Solutions Ltd, has...

LV= enhances IP offering for medics

LV= has improved the benefits for surgeons and doctors on its income protection (IP)...

Nationwide sees house price rise

UK house prices increased by 0.6% in October, more than offsetting the 0.4% decline...

Overwhelming majority want estate agent regulation

90% of homebuyers are calling for compulsory regulation of estate agents to better protect...

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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