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Mortgage Trading Exchange sees large rise in transactions

The Mortgage Trading Exchange (mte) has seen a 21% increase in the number of...

NatWest IS offers 2.99% five-year fix

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has cut the rate on its five-year fixed rate, 60% LTV,...

Cambridge & Counties unveils property investment loan

Cambridge & Counties Bank is to offer loans to experienced residential property investors. The new...

Essex estate agent gets OFT fine

The Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) has fined an estate agent over anti-money laundering...

Borro sees increase in property-based applications

Borro has reported a 183% rise in property related loan applications from customers from...

New BTL deals from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages is launching a new range of buy-to-let products on 1 November. Eight low-fee...

Funding for Lending making progress

Since its launch in August there are now 30 lenders signed up to...

Online landlord claim banned by regulator

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told a firm offering services to landlords to...

Asset & leasing market hit by funder withdrawal

ING Lease (UK) Ltd has decided to close its UK leasing business to new...

Barclays posts a statutory loss

Barclays has reported a pre-tax loss of £47 million for the three months to...

Improving negative equity picture

The number of households in negative equity has fallen over the last 18 months,...

CML adds to associate member list

Strategic Value Partners has returned as an associate member of the Council of Mortgage...

Commercial property fraudsters jailed

A trio of businessmen who conned financial institutions out of £20 million to expand...

Strong Q3 performance for London house prices

Average house prices across London grew by 3.1% during the third quarter of 2012,...

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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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,...

JammJar sets out Winter26 platform changes ahead of live launch

JammJar has outlined new functionality coming to its Winter26 platform update ahead of a...

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